{"id":"F2021L01262","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 3) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440989,"registerId":"F2021L01262-fast-fetch-1775956428350","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. 3) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att A - GRA Determination - 21 September\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—2021-22 Payment No. 3) 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  14 September 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—2021-22 Payment No. 3) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 September 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 | $43,000,501.17 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,475,027.71 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $46,475,528.88 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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 does not change the scope of who may receive general purpose financial assistance under the parent Act. It merely specifies amounts to be paid to particular States for a proposed September 2021 grant (s 5), is made under the Act (s 3), and sets its commencement (s 2). There is no amendment to eligibility, conditions, or the underlying grant framework in the text supplied."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow subject-matter: instrument only sets payment amounts for a single proposed payment (s 5).","Short structure: two Parts (preliminary and determination) and a small number of clauses (ss 1–5).","Legal dependency: instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s 3) and adopts Act definitions by reference (s 4), which requires cross-checking the parent Act for full meaning.","Administrative detail: commencement mechanics are governed by a commencement table (s 2), requiring attention to registration timing.","Formatting: a monetary table lists recipients and amounts—precision required for financial accounting but minimal legal complexity (s 5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Assistant Treasurer under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes amounts of general-purpose financial assistance to States for a proposed September 2021 payment. It allocates $43,000,501.17 to Western Australia and $3,475,027.71 to the Australian Capital Territory, totalling $46,475,528.88. It affects State treasuries by delivering Commonwealth cash transfers and affects the Commonwealth’s payments process; it sets payment amounts and timing but does not change the underlying grant rules (see ss 2–5)."},"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 periodic determinations of general purpose financial assistance amounts. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a simple table of amounts","No subordinate legislation or regulatory requirements","Straightforward mathematical total provided in table"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay untied general-purpose financial assistance for 2021–22: $43,000,501.17 to Western Australia and $3,475,027.71 to the Australian Capital Territory (Payment No. 3, Sept 2021). It’s a routine administrative step in Australia’s federal financial relations, implementing amounts set by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-/documents"}}