{"id":"C1924A00011","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1924","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1924","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"11 of 1924","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3059,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1924A00011-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1924","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. 11 of 1924.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 15th August, 1924.]\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 1924.\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":1586},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This remains a narrow, single-purpose supply bill consistent with its original intent—to authorise a specific sum for war pension payments in 1924. Appropriation Acts of this era were typically straightforward annual funding mechanisms without subsequent expansion or scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and appropriation)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single, unconditional appropriation mechanism","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the Audit Act for the Trust Account)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Australian Government to withdraw £10 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to pay war pensions to World War I veterans and dependants. It ensures the Repatriation Department can continue pension payments by directing the money into the War Pensions Fund, legally securing funds to meet Australia’s post‑war commitments to returned soldiers and their families."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1924","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1924/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1924/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1924/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1924/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1924/documents"}}