{"id":"F2022L00785","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 12) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-12-determination","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441401,"registerId":"F2022L00785-fast-fetch-1775956711125","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—2021-22 Payment No. 12) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\ntitle: MS22-000993 - Att B - GRA Determination\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 12) Determination 2022\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   15 June 2022\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury  Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\n \n\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\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No.  12) Determination 2022.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 2022.\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 | $96,982,904.93 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,475,027.67 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $100,457,932.60 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance under the Act; it simply allocates specific payment amounts and timing for 2021–22 Payment No. 12 to particular jurisdictions (s5) and does not amend definitions or entitlement rules in the Act (s4, s3)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument: specifies payment amounts only (s5).","Legal basis is simple but external: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3) and subsection 9(1) (Note 1), so interpretation relies on that Act (s4).","Commencement is immediate on registration, requiring prompt administrative action (s2).","Numeric precision and multiple recipients require exact payment processing and ledger entries (s5 table).","Zero allocations shown as \"$-\" may require administrative interpretation to treat as nil (s5).","Instrument does not create new eligibility rules or conditions; any discretion or eligibility rules remain in the enabling Act (s4, Note 1)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes one-off general purpose financial assistance payments (2021–22 Payment No. 12) to States to be paid in June 2022. It allocates $96,982,904.93 to Western Australia and $3,475,027.67 to the Australian Capital Territory; other jurisdictions are allocated nil; total $100,457,932.60.\n\nThe Assistant Minister made the determination under subsection 9(1); the instrument does not amend the Act and sets only the payment amounts and timing."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow function it was designed for: making a specific payment determination under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (approximately 2 pages of substantive content)","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","Simple tabular structure with no conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Straightforward administrative determination with no discretionary elements"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises unconditional general-purpose financial assistance to Western Australia (about $97 million) and the Australian Capital Territory (about $3.5 million) as Payment No. 12 for 2021–22, made in June 2022. It affects those state governments and federal taxpayers and implements horizontal fiscal equalisation by adjusting GST and federal funding shares so jurisdictions can provide comparable public services."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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