{"id":"F2021L00052","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 7) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":101206,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2021L00052-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","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. 7) 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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1. The whole of this instrument

The day this instrument is registered.

\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 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 January 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 | $36,588,202.79 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,437,218.31 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $40,025,421.10 |","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"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 amounts. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 5 substantive sections)","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","No cross-references beyond the enabling Act","Simple tabular format for payment amounts","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward commencement provision (registration date)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 directs the Commonwealth to pay general-purpose financial assistance to Western Australia ($36,588,202.79) and the Australian Capital Territory ($3,437,218.31), a total of $40,025,421.10. It affects the Commonwealth Treasury and those jurisdictions and is part of the GST equalisation process (Payment No. 7 for 2020–21, slated for January 2021)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument simply specifies the amounts to be paid to particular States as originally made; it contains no amendments, conditions or expanded powers. The commencement and payment timing are administrative (registration date; payment proposed January 2021), and the table lists the allocations (only Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory receive non-zero amounts)."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow, single-purpose instrument: only determines monetary amounts in a table.","Relies on statutory authority in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (authority stated at s 3) and on subsection 9(1) (noted in Part 2), creating an interpretive link to external legislation.","Commencement mechanics: instrument commences on registration (s 2) and includes a payment timing note (payment proposed in January 2021), requiring administrative scheduling.","Definitions reliance: adopts meanings from the Act and the Legislation Act 2003 (s 4), so terms depend on external definitions.","High numeric precision (amounts to cents) requires straightforward but exact accounting.","No conditions, obligations or complex eligibility rules stated in the instrument itself, reducing compliance burden and regulatory complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes specific general-purpose grant amounts to States under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and proposes the payments in January 2021. It allocates $36,588,202.79 to Western Australia and $3,437,218.31 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $40,025,421.10); all other States are shown with $0. It matters because it directs which States receive Commonwealth grant money and when those funds are to be paid."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-/documents"}}