{"id":"F2012L00049","name":"Advance to the Finance Minister – Section 13 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2011-2012 (No. 2 of 2011-2012)","slug":"advance-to-the-finance-minister-section-13-of-appropriation-act-no-1-2011-2012-no-2-of-2011-2012","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":126287,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L00049-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"ADVANCE TO THE FINANCE MINISTER — SECTIO","sectionType":"section","heading":"ADVANCE TO THE FINANCE MINISTER — SECTION 13 OF APPROPRIATION ACT (No. 1) 2011-2012","content":"###### ![](image.001.png)ADVANCE TO THE FINANCE MINISTER – SECTION 13 OF APPROPRIATION ACT (No. 1) 2011\\-2012\n\nI, the Hon. Gary Gray MP, Special Minister of State, being satisfied of the matters set out in subsection 13(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1)\n\n2011\\-2012, determine in the role of Minister for Finance and Deregulation under subsection 13(2) of that Act, that the appropriation item in Column 1 of the following table, for the Agency listed in Column 2, be increased by the amount listed in Column 3 as follows:\n\n| Column 1                            | Column 2                                                    | Column 3   |\n| ----------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |\n| Appropriation Item                  | Agency                                                      | Amount     |\n|                                     |                                                             | $          |\n| Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2011-2012 | Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations | 33,242,205 |\n| Administered Item, Outcome 5        |                                                             |            |\n|                                     |                                                             |            |\n\nThe additional amount is provided to enable the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to meet an increased number of General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme payments.\n\nGary Gray\n\n11 January 2012 No. 2 of 2011-2012","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":1496},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination operates exactly within the scope intended by Section 13 of the parent Appropriation Act. It uses the Advance to the Finance Minister mechanism for its standard purpose: providing urgent interim funding for unforeseen expenditure (in this case, higher than expected demand for employee redundancy payments) pending subsequent parliamentary approval."},"complexity_factors":["Single purpose instrument with no defined terms","Only one operative provision referencing a standard legislative power (section 13)","Simple tabular format showing recipient, amount and purpose","No conditional logic, exceptions or cross-references beyond the parent Act section","Total length under 200 words"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises a $33.2 million emergency top‑up to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to meet payments under the General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme (GEERS). Using the Finance Minister’s contingent power under the Appropriation Act, it covers urgent GEERS liabilities when Parliament is not sitting — providing immediate relief to workers owed wages and redundancy and enabling the department to administer those payments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-section-13-of-appropriation-act-no-1-2011-2012-no-2-of-2011-2012","history":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-section-13-of-appropriation-act-no-1-2011-2012-no-2-of-2011-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-section-13-of-appropriation-act-no-1-2011-2012-no-2-of-2011-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-section-13-of-appropriation-act-no-1-2011-2012-no-2-of-2011-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-section-13-of-appropriation-act-no-1-2011-2012-no-2-of-2011-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/advance-to-the-finance-minister-section-13-of-appropriation-act-no-1-2011-2012-no-2-of-2011-2012/documents"}}