{"id":"nsw:act-1943-010","name":"Sydney University Engineering School Memorial Lecture Fund Act 1943","slug":"sydney-university-engineering-school-memorial-lecture-fund-act-1943","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"nsw","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"10 of 1943","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":111463,"registerId":"nsw-act-1943-010-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name of Act","content":"#### 1 Name of Act\n\n1 Name of Act\n\n> This Act may be cited as the [Sydney University Engineering School Memorial Lecture Fund Act 1943](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1943-010).","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definition","content":"#### 2 Definition\n\n2 Definition\n\n> In this Act unless the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires:\n> \n> Fund means the fund known as the Sydney University Engineering School Memorial Lecture Fund, which was collected for the purpose of providing for an annual memorial lecture to perpetuate the memory of graduates and undergraduates of the Peter Nicol Russel School of Engineering who died whilst on active service during the Great War, 1914–1919.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority to appoint the University of Sydney sole trustee","content":"#### 3 Authority to appoint the University of Sydney sole trustee\n\n3 Authority to appoint the University of Sydney sole trustee\n\n> > (1) The trustees of the Fund are hereby authorised to appoint the University of Sydney sole trustee of the Fund.\n> \n> > (2)\n> > \n> > > (a) Such appointment may be made under and in accordance with the [Trustee Act 1925](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1925-014), as amended by subsequent Acts.\n> > \n> > > (b) By such appointment the trustees shall be discharged from the trust.\n> > \n> > > (c) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection the provisions of the [Trustee Act 1925](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1925-014) as amended by subsequent Acts shall apply to and in respect of such appointment.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The update frequency assurance is structurally inapplicable to an Act that has never been amended since 1943. While not a flaw in the Act itself, the administrative apparatus surrounding it creates a trivially absurd situation where a maintenance promise applies to legislation that has required no maintenance for eight decades.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The Act has been 'current from 31/05/1943 to date' with a single point-in-time version, yet the status page states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change.' There has been no change in over 80 years, rendering this update commitment perpetually meaningless in context."},{"type":"other","section":"Act generally","severity":"high","reasoning":"A legislative instrument with no discernible substantive content in its published form represents a practical absurdity: it is certified as correct and authoritative under s 45C of the Interpretation Act 1987, yet the certified content appears to be navigation menus and footer links rather than law. Whether this is a parsing/rendering failure or a genuine publication defect, the result is an Act that cannot be complied with, interpreted, or enforced as presented.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The substantive content of the Act is entirely absent from the provided text. The document consists exclusively of website navigation elements, metadata, and status information. No operative provisions, definitions, or substantive sections are present, making it impossible to identify the legal obligations, rights, or mechanisms the Act purports to create."},{"type":"other","section":"Authorisation statement","severity":"low","reasoning":"The currency assurance ('current version... to date') combined with a file modification date of 2008 creates a mild logical tension: the document is simultaneously asserted to be current as of 2026 and demonstrably unmodified since 2008. This does not necessarily indicate error but highlights an internal inconsistency in the metadata's reliability signals.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The document is certified as correct under s 45C of the Interpretation Act 1987, yet the 'File last modified 29 July 2008' notation indicates the certified version was last touched 65 years after enactment and 18 years before the access date of 3 April 2026. The certification asserts current correctness based on a file not updated for nearly two decades."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version statement ('usually updated within 3 working days after a change')","section_b":"File last modified: 29 July 2008 / Single point-in-time version: 31/05/1943","confidence":0.5,"description":"The metadata simultaneously asserts that (a) the site keeps legislation current within 3 working days of any change, and (b) this Act has had exactly one version since 31 May 1943 with the file last touched in 2008. These claims are not strictly contradictory but are in practical tension: the 3-working-day currency promise implies ongoing diligence that the 18-year-old file modification timestamp undermines."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available information, the Act appears to have remained exactly as originally enacted in 1943 with no amendments, suggesting its scope has not changed from its original narrow purpose of establishing or recognising a memorial lecture fund at Sydney University's Engineering School."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely narrow and specific subject matter — a single university fund","Has never been amended in over 80 years, suggesting minimal operational complexity","No operative provisions were available in the provided text to analyse","Appears to be a single-purpose administrative instrument with no broad policy implications","No apparent interaction with other legislation or regulatory frameworks"],"plain_english_summary":"The Act establishes or recognises a memorial lecture fund for the University of Sydney’s Engineering School, likely created to honour engineers who died in service given its 1943 wartime context. It chiefly affects the University and the fund’s administrators and has little practical impact on the public.\n\nAs an unchanged, narrow institutional statute since 31 May 1943, it is primarily a historical artefact; the summary is based on title and context, not on the Act’s operative text."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act does not alter the Fund's stated purpose. It only authorises the trustees to appoint the University of Sydney as sole trustee, discharge existing trustees, and requires the appointment to follow the Trustee Act 1925; no substantive change to the Fund’s objectives or permitted uses is made in the text."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, single-purpose statute with two operative clauses (definition + appointment power).","References and requires compliance with the Trustee Act 1925, creating cross‑Act formalities to be followed.","Effectively transfers fiduciary responsibility (appointment and discharge) which raises procedural steps and record-keeping obligations under trustee law.","Fund has a historically specific, purpose-limited object (annual memorial lecture), constraining permissible use of assets."],"plain_english_summary":"Authorises the trustees of the Sydney University Engineering School Memorial Lecture Fund to appoint the University of Sydney as sole trustee, transferring trustees' duties and discharging them. The Fund — held to provide an annual memorial lecture commemorating Peter Nicol Russel School of Engineering graduates and undergraduates who died on active service in the Great War (1914–1919) — must be appointed under the Trustee Act 1925; thereafter the University administers the Fund under that Act."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: facilitating the transfer of a specific WWI memorial lecture fund to the University of Sydney. No expansion of scope is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","Single defined term ('Fund')","No cross-references beyond one external Act (Trustee Act 1925)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Extremely narrow, single-purpose scope"],"plain_english_summary":"This short law deals with a specific trust fund set up after World War I. Here's what it does:\n\n**What it is**\n- The Act covers the \"Sydney University Engineering School Memorial Lecture Fund\" — money collected to pay for an annual lecture remembering engineering students and graduates who died fighting in WWI (1914–1919).\n\n**What it allows**\n- The current trustees of this fund are given legal permission to hand over control of the money to the University of Sydney, making the University the **sole trustee** (the only organisation legally responsible for managing the fund).\n\n**How it works**\n- The handover must follow the rules in the *Trustee Act 1925* (the main NSW law about how trusts operate).\n- Once the University takes over, the original trustees are legally freed from their responsibilities.\n\n**Who it affects**\n- The University of Sydney, the original trustees of the memorial fund, and (indirectly) anyone involved in organising or attending the annual memorial lecture.\n\n**Why it matters**\n- This law makes it easier to manage a small, specific charitable fund by letting a permanent institution (the University) take long-term responsibility, rather than leaving it with individual trustees who might die or retire."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/sydney-university-engineering-school-memorial-lecture-fund-act-1943","history":"/api/acts/sydney-university-engineering-school-memorial-lecture-fund-act-1943/history","analysis":"/api/acts/sydney-university-engineering-school-memorial-lecture-fund-act-1943/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/sydney-university-engineering-school-memorial-lecture-fund-act-1943/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/sydney-university-engineering-school-memorial-lecture-fund-act-1943/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/sydney-university-engineering-school-memorial-lecture-fund-act-1943/documents"}}