{"id":"F2021L00128","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 8) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-8-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440759,"registerId":"F2021L00128-fast-fetch-1775956281693","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. 8) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: GRA Determination - 22 February\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. 8) 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 16 February 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. 8) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 February 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 | $42,024,044.16 |\n| 5 | South Australia | - |\n| 6 | Tasmania | - |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,437,218.31 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $858,715.61 |\n| 9 | Total | $46,319,978.08 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the scope of the Federal Financial Relations Act or alter eligibility or conditions for general purpose financial assistance. It simply specifies amounts to be paid for Payment No. 8 of 2020–21 (see s5 and Part 2 notes); no new powers, beneficiaries or obligations are created."},"complexity_factors":["Limited substantive content: instrument only lists payment amounts rather than creating new regulatory rules (see s5).","Straightforward legal form: standard statutory determination made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Part 2 note referencing s9(1)).","Clear, fixed numeric entries reduce interpretative ambiguity (specific dollar amounts and total).","Administrative complexity confined to payment processing and accounting; no new compliance regime or conditionality introduced.","Minor dependency on external legislation for definitions and authority (the Act and Legislation Act cross-references increase formal linkage but not operational complexity)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises specific Commonwealth general-purpose payments for 2020–21 by naming the dollar amounts to be paid to particular States and Territories (payments shown for Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory; total $46,319,978.08). \n\nMade by the Assistant Treasurer under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see s5; Part 2 note referencing s9(1)), it directs budget-funded transfers to the listed recipients and does not impose new policy conditions—its effect is to release specified funds and require the usual payment processing."},"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow function suggested by its title: making a specific payment determination under the Federal Financial Relations Act. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose of authorising particular grant payments to states and territories."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections across 2 Parts","Zero defined terms in the instrument itself (relies entirely on definitions from the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No amendments, schedules, or explanatory material embedded in the text"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises Payment No. 8 for 2020–21 under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, directing general-purpose (untied) Commonwealth grants of $42 million to Western Australia, $3.4 million to the Australian Capital Territory, and $858,000 to the Northern Territory.  \n\nIt affects those jurisdictions as recipients and the Commonwealth as payer, supporting ongoing fiscal balance between federal revenue collection and state/territory service delivery."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-8-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-8-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-8-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-8-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-8-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-8-determination-/documents"}}