{"id":"C1934A00028","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1934","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1934","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"28 of 1934","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3669,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1934A00028-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1934","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\n \n\nWAR PENSIONS APPROPRIATION\n\n \n\nNo. 28 of 1934.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 4th August, 1934.]\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 1934.\n\n\n\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":1307},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward fiscal appropriation that has not expanded beyond its original purpose. It allocates a specific historic sum (£10,000,000) for war pensions without creating new regulatory schemes, administrative powers, or substantive rights."},"complexity_factors":["Only two sections (short title and appropriation)","Single lump-sum payment with no conditions or restrictions","No defined terms or interpretation section","Only one external cross-reference (to the Audit Act for the Trust Account)","No exceptions, triggers, or conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis Act authorises the government to withdraw **£10 million** from Australia's national budget (the *Consolidated Revenue Fund*) specifically to pay war pensions to veterans and their families.\n\n**How the money flows**\n\nThe cash goes into a special holding account called the *War Pensions Fund* (which was set up under auditing laws). This is essentially Parliament approving a specific budget line item—without this legal sign-off, the government couldn't legally spend the money, even if it was sitting in the treasury.\n\n**Who it affects**\n\n- Veterans receiving pensions for war-related injury or service\n- Families of deceased or incapacitated service members receiving dependency pensions\n- The government departments administering these payments\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nThis is a \"supply\" Act. It doesn't create new pension rules or decide who qualifies—that's handled by other laws. It simply unlocks the money needed to pay pensions that are already owed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1934","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1934/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1934/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1934/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1934/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1934/documents"}}