{"id":"C1950A00017","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1950","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1950","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"17 of 1950","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4475,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1950A00017-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1950","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. 17 of 1950.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 30th October, 1950.]\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 1950.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nAppropriation of £28,000,000 for war pension.\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-eight million pounds for war pensions.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1101},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the function stated in its title—a straightforward appropriation of funds for war pensions with no expansion into policy changes or unrelated matters."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections with no subsections","No definitions or technical legal terms","Single operational provision (the appropriation)","Minimal cross-referencing (only one reference to the Audit Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis Act takes **£28 million** from the government's main bank account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) and puts it into a special holding account called the **War Pensions Fund**. This money is then used to pay pensions to war veterans and their families.\n\n**Key points:**\n*   **Simple money transfer:** It is essentially a payment instruction from Parliament to the Treasury.\n*   **No complicated rules:** It does not change who qualifies for pensions or how much they get—it just makes sure the money is available to pay them.\n*   **Immediate effect:** The law starts working as soon as it receives Royal Assent (formal approval from the Governor-General).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis ensures veterans and their dependants receive their pension payments without interruption by legally authorising the specific amount of money needed for that purpose."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1950","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1950/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1950/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1950/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1950/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1950/documents"}}