{"id":"C1921A00008","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1921","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1921","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"8 of 1921","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2940,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1921A00008-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1921","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\nWAR PENSIONS APPROPRIATION.\n\n \n\nNo. 8 of 1921.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 17th October, 1921.]\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 War Pensions Appropriation Act 1921.\n\nAppropriation of £10,000,000 for war pensions.\n\n2. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, for the purposes of the Trust Account established under the Audit Act 1901-1920, and known as the War Pensions Fund, the sum of Ten million pounds for war pensions.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1154},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose of appropriating a specific sum for war pensions. As a single-year supply Act from 1921, it contains no provisions that could expand its scope beyond this narrow fiscal function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and appropriation clause)","No definitions section or specialised terminology","Single unconditional payment with no exceptions, triggers, or procedural requirements","Only one incidental cross-reference to the Audit Act 1901-1920","Extremely short text (under 200 words)"],"plain_english_summary":"This law authorises the Australian Government to withdraw **£10 million** from the national treasury (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) to pay for **war pensions**—financial support for World War I veterans and their families.\n\nThe money is directed into a special 'War Pensions Fund' established under auditing legislation. In practical terms, this is a budget approval: Parliament is granting the government permission to spend this specific amount on pension payments for returned servicemen."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1921","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1921/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1921/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1921/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1921/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1921/documents"}}