{"id":"C1947A00030","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1947","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1947","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"30 of 1947","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4222,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1947A00030-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1947","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. 30 of 1947.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 11th June, 1947.]\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 1947.\n\n\n\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nAppropriation of £18,000,000 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 Eighteen million pounds for war pensions.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2366},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation is strictly limited to the single purpose of appropriating funds for war pensions as described in the title and preamble, with no expansion beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections total","Single, specific appropriation amount (£18,000,000) with no conditions","No defined terms or interpretation section","Only one external reference (Audit Act 1901–1934)","No exceptions, provisos, or procedural requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Australian Government to spend **£18 million** (eighteen million pounds) from the national budget to pay war pensions to veterans and their families.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   **Takes money from:** The Consolidated Revenue Fund (the government’s main bank account, funded by taxes).\n*   **Puts money into:** The War Pensions Fund (a special government trust account established under the Audit Act).\n*   **Purpose:** To fund pension payments to veterans who served in wars and their dependants.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis ensures there is sufficient money legally set aside to pay disability and service pensions to returned servicemen (primarily from World War I and World War II) and support their families. Without this specific appropriation (legal permission to spend), the government could not make these payments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1947","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1947/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1947/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1947/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1947/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1947/documents"}}