{"id":"F2022L00330","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 9) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-9-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441276,"registerId":"F2022L00330-fast-fetch-1775956625905","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. 9) 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\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n­­­­­![Australian Commonwealth Coat or Arms](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 9) 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 March 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\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. 9) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 March 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 | $116,103,136.95 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,475,027.71 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $119,578,164.66 |\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 alter the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance; it simply determines payment amounts under the Act (Note to Part 2 referencing s9(1) and s5) and contains no provisions changing eligibility, conditions, or the Act itself."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow scope: single-purpose monetary allocation to named jurisdictions via a simple table (s5).","Clear legal authority and formality: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and commences on registration (ss3, 2).","Cross-reference to statutory subsection: Note references subsection 9(1) requiring correct statutory basis (Part 2 Note 1).","No conditional provisions, reporting or recoupment clauses in this instrument, which reduces operational complexity (s5).","Precise monetary figures with cents require accurate accounting and payment mechanics (s5)."],"plain_english_summary":"*This determination* authorises Commonwealth general-purpose grants for 2021–22, specifying payments of $116,103,136.95 to Western Australia and $3,475,027.71 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $119,578,164.66) (s5). \n\nMade by the Assistant Treasurer under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (note to s9(1)), it proposes payment in March 2022 and mechanically transfers cash; the instrument sets amounts and does not impose conditions, so recipient compliance obligations are minimal."},"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: authorising a specific scheduled payment of GST revenue sharing / general purpose assistance to states. There is no scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 5 substantive sections)","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the 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 regulatory machinery"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short legal instrument that authorises a specific payment of federal money to two Australian states/territories. The Assistant Treasurer has determined that **Western Australia** will receive **$116.1 million** and the **Australian Capital Territory** will receive **$3.5 million** in \"general purpose financial assistance\" — essentially untied federal grants that these governments can spend as they see fit. The other states (NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Northern Territory) receive nothing in this particular payment round. This is the 9th such payment for the 2021-22 financial year, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"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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