{"id":"F2022L00150","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 8) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-8-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441205,"registerId":"F2022L00150-fast-fetch-1775956561419","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. 8) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth code of arms](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 8) Determination 2022\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 2022\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. 8) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 February 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 | $89,439,078.69 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,475,027.71 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $1,637,910.29 |\n| 9 | Total | $94,552,016.69 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance; it simply allocates specified cash amounts and sets timing for 2021–22 Payment No. 8 under subsection 9(1) of the Act (Part 2, Note 1; s5). It introduces no new conditions, eligibility rules or administrative powers."},"complexity_factors":["Statutory basis is straightforward: instrument made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see 'Authority' section, s3).","Decision mechanism is simple: a subsection 9(1) determination specifies amounts (Part 2, Note 1; s5).","Document is short and prescriptive: s5 contains a fixed table of cash amounts rather than formulas or conditional rules.","Commencement and timing are explicit but routine: commencement on registration (s2) and payment proposed in February 2022 (Part 2, Note 2).","No eligibility conditions, allocation methodology or reporting obligations are included in the text (s5 shows only payee and amount), which reduces legal complexity but limits transparency about how amounts were calculated.","Ministerial signature and role are recorded (instrument signed by the Assistant Treasurer), indicating executive decision-making authority but the instrument itself provides no delegated discretion or ongoing powers."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, authorises a single general‑purpose grant payment for 2021–22 (Payment No. 8). It lists amounts to three jurisdictions — Western Australia ($89,439,078.69), the Australian Capital Territory ($3,475,027.71) and the Northern Territory ($1,637,910.29) — totalling $94,552,016.69. It matters because it legally fixes who receives Commonwealth untied assistance and when that cash is to be paid."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical 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 of authorising a routine instalment of GST-related funding to states."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections across 2 Parts","Zero defined terms in section 4 (just a reference to the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority provisions","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No amendments, schedules, or transitional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay about $94.6 million in general-purpose financial assistance (Payment No. 8 for 2021–22) to three jurisdictions: Western Australia ($89.4m), the Australian Capital Territory ($3.5m) and the Northern Territory ($1.6m).  \n\nThe funds are untied—recipients can allocate them as they choose—and reflect Australia’s horizontal fiscal equalisation approach, affecting those governments’ budgets and taxpayers who fund the distribution."},"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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