{"id":"C1948A00053","name":"War Gratuity Appropriation Act 1948","slug":"war-gratuity-appropriation-act-1948","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"53 of 1948","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4413,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1948A00053-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title [see Note 1]","content":"#### 1 Short title \\[see Note 1\\]\n\n  This Act may be cited as the War Gratuity Appropriation Act 1948.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Gratuity Trust Account","content":"#### 2 War Gratuity Trust Account\n\n  (1) There shall be a War Gratuity Trust Account which shall be administered by the Minister for Finance and which shall be a trust account within the meaning of section sixty‑two A of the Audit Act 1901‑1947.\n  (2) Moneys standing to the credit of the War Gratuity Trust Account shall be applied in the payment of war gratuities under the War Gratuity Act 1945‑1947.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payment of moneys from certain trust accounts to Consolidated Revenue Fund","content":"#### 3 Payment of moneys from certain trust accounts to Consolidated Revenue Fund\n\n  There shall be paid to the Consolidated Revenue Fund:\n    (a) out of the Import Procurement Suspense Trust Account—the sum of Four million pounds;\n    (b) out of the Marine War Risks Insurance Trust Account—the sum of Four million five hundred thousand pounds;\n    (c) out of the Overseas Shipping Trust Account—the sum of Three million pounds; and\n    (d) out of the War Damage Fund—the sum of Five million five hundred thousand pounds.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation of certain sums for war gratuities","content":"#### 4 Appropriation of certain sums for war gratuities\n\n  (1) There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which, to the necessary extent, is hereby appropriated accordingly, for the purposes of the War Gratuity Trust Account established under section two of this Act:\n    (a) the sum of One million four hundred and twenty thousand four hundred and thirty pounds; and\n    (b) the sum of Twenty‑two million pounds.\n  (2) There shall be credited to the War Gratuity Trust Account such further sums as are provided by the Parliament for the purposes of that Account.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1611},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains tightly focused on its original 1948 purpose: establishing a specific funding mechanism for WWII gratuities through the creation of a trust account and the transfer of specified amounts from wartime reserves."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 short sections with no subsections beyond (1) and (2)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or defined terms","Straightforward appropriations and account transfers between specified funds","Minimal cross-referencing (only 2 other Acts mentioned)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act creates a War Gratuity Trust Account, controlled by the Minister for Finance, to pay cash bonuses to Australian Second World War service personnel. It moves surplus wartime funds into the Consolidated Revenue Fund and sets aside over £23 million to be paid into the trust for distribution to veterans, with Parliament able to add more if needed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-gratuity-appropriation-act-1948","history":"/api/acts/war-gratuity-appropriation-act-1948/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-gratuity-appropriation-act-1948/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-gratuity-appropriation-act-1948/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-gratuity-appropriation-act-1948/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-gratuity-appropriation-act-1948/documents"}}