{"id":"C1932A00019","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1932","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1932","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"19 of 1932","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3604,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1932A00019-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1932","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. 19 of 1932.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 28th May, 1932.]\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 1932.\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":1096},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of appropriating a specific sum for war pensions, with no expansion beyond this budgetary function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single, unconditional appropriation with no exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing (only one reference to the Audit Act)","No procedural requirements or compliance mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Australian Government to spend **£10 million** from the national budget (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) on **war pensions**.\n\n**What this means:**\n*   **War pensions** are regular payments made to former soldiers (veterans) who were injured or disabled in war, or to the families of those who died.\n*   The money is paid into a special government account called the **War Pensions Fund**, which was established under auditing laws.\n*   This is essentially a 1932 budget measure ensuring there was money available to support returned servicemen and their dependants, primarily from World War I.\n\nThe Act does nothing else—it simply unlocks the funds for this specific purpose."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1932","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1932/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1932/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1932/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1932/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1932/documents"}}