{"id":"C1954A00013","name":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1954","slug":"war-pensions-appropriation-act-1954","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"13 of 1954","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":24733,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1954A00013-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"War Pensions Appropriation Act 1954","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. 13 of 1954.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidate Revenue Fund a sum for War Pensions.\n\n[Assented to 20th April, 1954.]\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 1954.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nAppropriation of £40,000,000 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 1901-1953 and known as the War Pensions Fund, the sum of Forty million pounds for war pensions.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1571},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of appropriating a specific sum for war pensions. There is no expansion of scope beyond the initial budgetary intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections total","No definitions or interpretation section","Single unconditional appropriation with no exceptions, conditions, or formulas","Minimal cross-referencing (only brief mention of the Audit Act establishing the Trust Account)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the government to spend **£40 million** (forty 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) and puts it into a special *War Pensions Fund*\n- This legally sets aside the cash needed to pay pensions to former service members, war widows, and dependents\n- It is a simple \"supply\" bill — a routine piece of budget legislation ensuring there is money available to meet the country's obligations to those who served"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1954","history":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1954/history","analysis":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1954/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1954/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1954/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/war-pensions-appropriation-act-1954/documents"}}