{"id":"C1952A00020","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1952","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1952","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"20 of 1952","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4506,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1952A00020-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1952","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. 20 of 1952.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 12th June, 1952.]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’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 1952.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nAppropriation of £34,000,000 for war pensions.\n\n3. There is payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly, for the purposes of the Trust Account established under the Audit Act 1901–1950 and known as the War Pensions Fund, the sum of Thirty-four million pounds for war pensions.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1846},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow purpose of appropriating a specific sum for war pensions without expansion into other policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only three operative sections with no subsections","No definitions or interpretation section","Single, unconditional appropriation with no exceptions","Minimal cross-referencing (only mentioning the establishing Audit Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the government to withdraw £34 million from Australia's main bank account — the Consolidated Revenue Fund — to pay pensions to war veterans.\n\n**What it does:**\n* **The money:** Takes £34 million from the government's central funds\n* **The purpose:** Funds the *War Pensions Fund*, which makes payments to veterans who served in wars\n* **The mechanism:** The money goes into a special trust account (set up under the Audit Act) to ensure it can only be spent on veteran pensions\n* **The effect:** This is a straightforward budget approval — it gives the government legal permission to spend this specific amount for this specific purpose"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1952","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1952/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1952/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1952/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1952/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1952/documents"}}