{"id":"C1953A00005","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1953","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1953","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"5 of 1953","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4713,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1953A00005-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1953","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. 5 of 1953.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 6th March, 1953.]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queens 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 1953.\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 £37,000,000 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 1901-1952 and known as the War Pensions Fund, the sum of Thirty-seven million pounds for war pensions.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1586},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward appropriation (spending) bill with a single, specific purpose—authorizing funds for war pensions. The scope remains exactly as stated in the title and does not expand beyond allocating money for this specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections total","No definitions or interpretation clauses","Single operational provision appropriating a fixed monetary sum","No conditional language, exceptions, or nested provisions","Only one incidental reference to existing legislation (Audit Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorizes the Australian Government to spend **£37 million** (roughly $1.1 billion in today's terms) from the national treasury to pay **war pensions** to veterans.\n\nSpecifically, it:\n*   Takes the money from the **Consolidated Revenue Fund** (the government's main bank account)\n*   Deposits it into the **War Pensions Fund** (a special trust account set up under the Audit Act)\n*   Restricts the money to be used only for paying pensions to former servicemen and women who were injured or became ill during their military service\n\nThis is a simple \"money bill\" that ensures veterans receive their pension payments for the year."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1953","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1953/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1953/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1953/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1953/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1953/documents"}}