{"id":"C1949A00022","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1949","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1949","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"22 of 1949","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4337,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1949A00022-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1949","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. 22 of 1949.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 30th June, 1949.]\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 1949.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nAppropriation of £21,000,000 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 1901–1948 and known as the War Pensions Fund, the sum of Twenty-one million pounds for war pensions.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1090},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose of appropriating a specific monetary sum for war pensions. As a one-off supply Act from 1949, it has not been amended or expanded beyond this single financial authorization."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections total with no subsections","Single appropriation with no conditions, exceptions, or triggers","No definitions section required","Only one external reference (Audit Act) to identify the destination account","No operative provisions affecting rights or duties beyond the financial transfer"],"plain_english_summary":"This law authorises the Australian Government to spend **£21 million** from the national budget (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) to pay **war pensions** to veterans.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Takes money from the government's main bank account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund)\n- Deposits it into a special trust account called the War Pensions Fund\n- Uses that money specifically to pay pensions to people who served in the military and were injured or disabled during war\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Veterans** receiving war pensions (the money ensures their payments continue)\n- The government department managing these payments\n\n**Why it matters:**\nParliament must legally authorise every dollar the government spends. This Act provides that authorisation for war pensions, ensuring veterans receive their entitled support without delay. It is a straightforward \"supply\" law—essentially a permission slip to withdraw money from the national treasury for a specific purpose."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1949","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1949/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1949/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1949/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1949/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1949/documents"}}