{"id":"C1946A00019","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1946","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1946","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"19 of 1946","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":14375,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1946A00019-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1946","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 1946.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 4th July, 1946.]\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 follow:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the War Pensions Appropriation Act 1946.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nAppropriation of £16,000,000 for war pensions.\n\n3. 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 Sixteen million pounds for war pensions.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":962},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward appropriation Act that does exactly what its title suggests. The scope is limited to the specific £16 million funding allocation for war pensions, with no expansion beyond the original fiscal purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections covering title, commencement date, and the appropriation itself","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single unconditional appropriation with no exceptions or qualifications","Only one external reference (to the Audit Act for the trust account structure)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act gives **£16 million** to the government to pay war pensions to Australian veterans and their families.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   Takes money from the Commonwealth’s main bank account (called the **Consolidated Revenue Fund**)\n*   Deposits it into a special trust account known as the **War Pensions Fund**\n*   Uses this money to pay pensions to former service members who were injured, disabled, or killed during war\n\n**Who it affects:**\n*   Veterans and war widows receiving disability or service pensions\n*   The government department responsible for veteran affairs\n\nThis is a **budget measure** — it simply authorises the spending of public money for a specific purpose without changing who qualifies for pensions or how much they receive."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1946","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1946/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1946/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1946/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1946/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1946/documents"}}