{"id":"F2021L00446","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 10) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-10-determination","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":101685,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2021L00446-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"## Part 1—Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 10) Determination 2021.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n```html\n

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\n```\n\n> Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\nNote: Paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 has the effect that expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 as in force from time to time.\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> the Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Determination of general purpose financial assistance","content":"## Part 2—Determination of general purpose financial assistance\n\nNote 1: A determination in this Part is made under subsection 9(1) of the Act.\n\nNote 2: A payment of the amounts determined in this Part is proposed to be made in April 2021.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Determination of general purpose financial assistance","content":"#### 5 Determination of general purpose financial assistance\n\n Each item of the following table specifies an amount to be paid to the State mentioned in that item for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance to that State.\n\n| Item | State | Determined amount of general purpose financial assistance |\n| ---- | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $- |\n| 2 | Victoria | $- |\n| 3 | Queensland | $- |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $40,604,961.86 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,437,218.31 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $44,042,180.17 |","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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