{"id":"C1937A00014","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1937","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1937","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"14 of 1937","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3863,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1937A00014-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1937","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. 14 of 1937.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 3rd September, 1937.]\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 1937.\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\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1869},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original, narrow fiscal purpose: a specific one-off appropriation of £10 million for war pensions. It does not expand into policy settings, eligibility rules, or administrative structures."},"complexity_factors":["Only two operative sections (Short title and Appropriation)","No definitions or interpretation clause","Single, unconditional monetary appropriation with no exceptions or conditions","Minimal cross-referencing (sole reference to the Audit Act 1901–1934)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the government to withdraw **£10 million** from the national treasury (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) to fund **war pensions**.\n\n**War pensions** are regular payments made to veterans injured or disabled during military service, or to the families of those who died. In 1937, this primarily supported veterans of the First World War and their dependants.\n\nThe money is paid into the *War Pensions Fund* — a special account established under the Audit Act — which ensures these funds can only be used for pension payments and related purposes."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1937","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1937/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1937/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1937/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1937/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1937/documents"}}