{"id":"C1925A00025","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1925","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1925","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"25 of 1925","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3129,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1925A00025-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1925","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. 25 of 1925.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 26th September, 1925.]\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 1925.\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 1901-1924, 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":1282},"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, with no expansion into policy, administrative procedures, or other expenditure areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (short title and appropriation)","No definitions or interpretation provisions","Single, unconditional appropriation with no spending restrictions beyond the general purpose","Only one cross-reference (to the Audit Act 1901-1924)","No administrative machinery, penalties, or compliance obligations"],"plain_english_summary":"This law authorises the government to withdraw **£10 million** from the national treasury (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) and deposit it into a special account known as the War Pensions Fund.\n\n**What this means:**\n- **Purpose:** The money is specifically earmarked to pay **war pensions**—regular financial support payments to former soldiers who were injured or disabled during military service, or to their dependants.\n- **Who benefits:** Veterans (primarily from World War I) and their families who are entitled to pension payments.\n- **Legal effect:** Without this Act, the government would lack the legal authority to spend this money on pensions. This is a \"supply\" law that simply opens the purse strings for a specific, limited purpose."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1925","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1925/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1925/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1925/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1925/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1925/documents"}}