{"id":"C1922A00013","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1922","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1922","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"13 of 1922","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3002,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1922A00013-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1922","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. 13 of 1922.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 25th September, 1922.]\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 1922.\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":1424},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"As a standalone appropriation (supply) Act, the legislation remains strictly limited to its original purpose: the specific £10 million allocation for war pensions. There are no provisions that could expand its scope beyond this singular budgetary function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and single appropriation clause)","Zero defined terms or interpretation section","Single unconditional monetary allocation with no exceptions or conditions","Only one external statutory reference (Audit Act 1901-1920)","Total length of approximately 120 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This law authorises the government to spend **£10 million** (roughly $1 billion in today's money) from the national treasury to pay **war pensions** to World War I veterans and their families.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   Takes money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (the government's main bank account)\n*   Deposits it into a special trust account called the **War Pensions Fund** (established under the Audit Act)\n*   Uses these funds to pay pensions to:\n    *   Former soldiers injured or disabled during WWI\n    *   Widows and dependents of soldiers who died in the war\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a budget allocation (appropriation) Act. In the aftermath of WWI, Australia had tens of thousands of disabled veterans and war widows relying on government support. This law ensures the money is legally available to meet those pension obligations for the year."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1922","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1922/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1922/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1922/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1922/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1922/documents"}}