{"id":"C1936A00020","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1936","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1936","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"20 of 1936","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3788,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1936A00020-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1936","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. 20 of 1936.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 28th May, 1936.]\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 1936.\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 1901–1934, and known as the War Pensions Fund, the sum of Ten million pounds for war pensions.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1355},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a narrow, single-purpose appropriation Act. It does exactly what the title indicates — appropriates funds for war pensions — with no expansion beyond the specific financial allocation to the War Pensions Fund."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 operative sections (Short title and Appropriation)","No definitions or interpretation section","Single unconditional appropriation item with no exceptions or sub-conditions","Only one cross-reference (to the Audit Act for the Trust Account establishment)"],"plain_english_summary":"This law allocates **£10 million** from Australia's Consolidated Revenue Fund (the government's main bank account) to pay for **war pensions**.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   Authorises the payment of ten million pounds to the **War Pensions Fund** — a special trust account set up under the Audit Act\n*   Provides financial support for veterans, war widows, and dependants who were injured or disabled during military service (primarily World War I, given the 1936 date)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this legislation, the government would lack legal authority to spend this money. This is a classic \"money bill\" — a short, technical law whose sole purpose is to approve the spending of public funds to honour pensions owed to former soldiers and their families."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1936","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1936/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1936/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1936/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1936/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1936/documents"}}