{"id":"F2021L01139","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 2) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":102038,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2021L01139-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—2021-22 Payment No. 2) 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 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 August 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 | $2,158,565,459.18 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,475,027.71 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $612,235.89 |\n| 9 | Total | $2,162,652,722.78 |","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance; it exercises the Act's power to determine payment amounts for a specified payment round. It sets specific cash amounts for recipients without creating new eligibility rules or conditions and contains no amendments to the underlying Act or to the purpose of the grants."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, transactional purpose: specifies numeric grant amounts only","Relies on external statute for legal effect (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, subsection 9(1))","Commencement mechanics included (commences on registration) but routine","Numeric precision and formatting (large monetary figures, some entries shown as \"$-\" implying zero) require careful transcription","Limited definitions; minimal interpretive content or discretionary criteria"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes Commonwealth general-purpose grant amounts for the 2021–22 second payment. It lists payments to Western Australia ($2,158,565,459.18), the Australian Capital Territory ($3,475,027.71) and the Northern Territory ($612,235.89), with zero amounts for the other states, totalling $2,162,652,722.78.\n\nMechanically, it directs Commonwealth cash transfers to those jurisdictions (payment proposed in August 2021) under subsection 9(1); the Commonwealth sets the amounts and recipient governments receive unearmarked funding to allocate locally."},"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"},"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 payment amounts to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 5 substantive sections)","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","Single purpose: determining specific payment amounts in a table","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority provisions","Straightforward tabular format for the actual determination amounts","Standard preliminary provisions (name, commencement, authority) that appear in most legislative instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises a single Commonwealth payment of about $2.16 billion in August 2021 as general purpose financial assistance to states and territories for 2021–22. \n\nAlmost all of the funding goes to Western Australia, with small amounts to the ACT and the Northern Territory and none to the other states; it affects those governments and their residents and is part of the Commonwealth’s horizontal fiscal equalisation arrangements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-/documents"}}