{"id":"F2016L00673","name":"Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2015-16)","slug":"advance-to-the-finance-minister-determination-no-1-of-2015-16","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":129233,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2016L00673-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Advance to the Finance Minister Determin","sectionType":"section","heading":"Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2015‑16)","content":"###### Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2015‑16)\n\nI, Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann, Minister for Finance, being satisfied of the matters set out in subsection 10(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2015‑2016 (the Act), make the following determination under subsection 10(2) of the Act:\n\nThat the Act have effect as if Schedule 1 of the Act were amended so that the items described in Column 1 of the Table, for the Entity listed in Column 2 of the Table, were increased by the amounts listed in Column 3 of the Table.\n\nTable\n\n|      | Column 1                                             | Column 2                        | Column 3     |\n| ---- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------ |\n| Item | Appropriation Item                                   | Entity                          | Amount       |\n| 1    | Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2015‑2016Departmental Item | Australian Electoral Commission | $101,237,000 |\n\nDated: 4 May 2016\n\nMATHIAS HUBERT PAUL CORMANN\n\nMinister for Finance","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Column 3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Column 3","content":"###### Column 3","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":3007},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"rejection_reason":"null","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination operates squarely within the intended scope of the Advance to the Finance Minister mechanism under the Appropriation Act. It exercises the specific statutory power to increase appropriations for urgent or unforeseen expenditure without expanding beyond the original legislative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single appropriation item affecting only one entity","No definitions, interpretation sections, or schedules","Only references one provision of the parent Act (section 10)","Zero conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural safeguards described","Document length is effectively one page with one table"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination hands the **Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)** an extra **$101,237,000** for the 2015-16 financial year—cash the agency needed to gear up for the 2016 federal election.\n\n**The guts of it:**\nUnder the \"Advance to the Finance Minister\" (AFM) power, the Finance Minister can top up agency budgets when the original appropriation (budget allocation) falls short. Here, the Minister is pumping funds into the AEC's \"departmental\" budget—the bucket that pays for staff wages, IT systems, and operational logistics.\n\n**Why it happened:**\nThe AEC burned through its initial budget preparing for the July 2016 double dissolution election. Rather than let the agency run dry, the government used this legislative instrument to slip them the extra funds. It's a standard Budget repair job, but a hefty one.\n\n**Who's affected:**\nPrimarily the AEC (which gets to keep the lights on) and, indirectly, taxpayers funding the machinery of democracy."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-determination-no-1-of-2015-16","history":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-determination-no-1-of-2015-16/history","analysis":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-determination-no-1-of-2015-16/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-determination-no-1-of-2015-16/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-determination-no-1-of-2015-16/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-determination-no-1-of-2015-16/documents"}}