{"id":"C1926A00043","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1926","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1926","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"43 of 1926","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3414,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1926A00043-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1926","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. 43 of 1926.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 16th August, 1926.]\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 1926.\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 1901–1926, 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":1659},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This remains a straightforward fiscal appropriation measure exactly as described in its title and preamble, with no expansion beyond the original purpose of funding war pensions."},"complexity_factors":["Only two operative sections (Short title and Appropriation)","Single unconditional monetary sum (£10,000,000) with no formulas or variables","No definitions, interpretation clauses, or defined terms","Only one external reference (to the Audit Act regarding the existing Fund)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act gives the Commonwealth Government legal permission to spend **£10 million** (ten million pounds) from the national budget — the Consolidated Revenue Fund — to pay war pensions.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n*   **World War I veterans** receiving disability or service pensions\n*   **Widows and dependents** of soldiers who died in the war\n*   The Treasury, which manages the special trust account\n\n**What it does:**\nThe money is paid into a dedicated trust account called the **War Pensions Fund** (established under the Audit Act). This ensures there is dedicated funding to meet Australia's ongoing obligations to those who served in the Great War and their families.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a \"supply\" law. It provides the specific legal authority required for the government to draw money from the national purse to pay these pensions. Without this appropriation, the payments could not legally be made."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1926","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1926/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1926/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1926/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1926/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1926/documents"}}