{"id":"C1934A00064","name":"Special Annuity Act 1934","slug":"special-annuity-act-1934","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"64 of 1934","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3736,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1934A00064-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Special Annuity Act 1934","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nSPECIAL ANNUITY.\n\n \n\nNo. 64 of 1934.\n\nAn Act to provide for the Payment of an Annuity to the Widow of the late David Charles McGrath, Esquire.\n\n[Assented to 17th December, 1934.]\n\nPreamble.\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows :—\n\nShort title,\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Special Annuity Act 1934.\n\nAnnuity to widow of the late D. C. McGrath.\n\n2.—(1.) Subject to this Act, there shall be payable, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, to the widow of the late David Charles McGrath, Esquire, sometime a member of the House of Representatives, an annuity at the rate of One hundred and fifty-six pounds per annum.\n\n(2.) The annuity provided by this Act shall cease to be payable in the event of the re-marriage of the annuitant.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1641},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a private Act applying solely to the widow of D.C. McGrath. The scope remains limited to this specific individual as originally intended, providing a one-off pension rather than establishing any broader legal framework."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 sections with minimal text","No definitions section or technical legal terminology","No cross-references to other legislation","Single, straightforward condition (remarriage terminates payment)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act provides a yearly payment (**annuity**) of £156 to the widow of David Charles McGrath, a former member of the House of Representatives. The money comes from the government's general revenue fund (taxpayer money). The payment stops if the widow remarries.\n\nThis is an example of a **private Act** — legislation that applies to a specific individual rather than the general public. These were historically common for granting pensions to widows of parliamentarians before standard superannuation schemes existed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/special-annuity-act-1934","history":"/api/acts/special-annuity-act-1934/history","analysis":"/api/acts/special-annuity-act-1934/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/special-annuity-act-1934/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/special-annuity-act-1934/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/special-annuity-act-1934/documents"}}