{"id":"F2021L00754","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 12) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-12-determination","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440884,"registerId":"F2021L00754-fast-fetch-1775956353137","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 12) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: MS21-001314 Att A - GRA Determination\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 12) Determination 2021\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing, make the following determination.\n\nDated 11 June 2021\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nAssistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing\n\n \n\n\n\n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name \n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\nPart 2—Determination of general purpose financial assistance 2\n\n5  Determination of general purpose financial assistance\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 12) Determination 2021.\n\n2  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 \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\n4  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\nthe Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nPart 2—Determination of general purpose financial assistance\n\n \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 June 2021.\n\n5  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 \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 | $43,461,096.91 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,437,218.25 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $46,898,315.16 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making specific determinations of general purpose financial assistance payments to States and Territories. It is a routine administrative determination that falls squarely within the original legislative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 5 substantive sections)","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply refers to the parent Act)","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Purpose is purely administrative: specifying dollar amounts for payment","No substantive legal rules or regulatory requirements imposed"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay $43,461,096.91 to Western Australia and $3,437,218.25 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $46,898,315.16) as the 12th payment for 2020–21. It affects the Commonwealth Treasury (payer) and the recipient jurisdictions; other States and the Northern Territory are listed but receive no payment in this instalment. It forms part of routine federal financial relations and GST/revenue‑sharing adjustments."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory scope of Commonwealth general purpose financial assistance. It exercises the Assistant Treasurer's power under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to specify grant amounts for the 2020–21 Payment No.12 tranche (see '3 Authority', Part 2 Note referencing subsection 9(1), and '5 Determination'). It only sets fixed payments; it does not create new powers, conditions, or recipient categories."},"complexity_factors":["Statutory basis: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see '3 Authority').","Determination mechanism is a single, fixed-table of amounts to jurisdictions rather than a formula or conditional program (see '5 Determination of general purpose financial assistance').","Commencement and timing are procedural: instrument commences on registration and notes a proposed June 2021 payment (see '2 Commencement' and Part 2 Note).","Relies on external definitions from the Act via the Legislation Act cross‑reference (see '4 Definitions'), creating a dependency on the Act's terms.","Administrative discretion is minimal in this text: the Assistant Treasurer signs and makes the determination; there are no grant conditions or administrative rules set out in the instrument (front page signature and '5').","Several jurisdictions are listed with zero amounts, which is a substantive outcome but adds no legal complexity to the instrument itself (see table in '5')."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument specifies Commonwealth general-purpose grant payments for 2020–21, listing fixed amounts to be paid to states and territories (Western Australia $43,461,096.91; Australian Capital Territory $3,437,218.25; others nil) and authorises a proposed June 2021 payment. It is made by the Assistant Treasurer under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and affects state budgets and Commonwealth cash flows."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-12-determination","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-12-determination/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-12-determination/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-12-determination/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-12-determination/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-12-determination/documents"}}