{"id":"F2022L01081","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2022-23 Payment No. 2) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-2-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441485,"registerId":"F2022L01081-fast-fetch-1775956772862","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—2022-23 Payment No. 2) 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: Attachment B - MS22 - 001734 - 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\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2022-23 Payment No. 2) Determination 2022\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   12 August  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\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—2022-23 Payment No. 2) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 August 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 | $109,935,586.58 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,534,103.18 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $440,060.79 |\n| 9 | Total | $113,909,750.55 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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 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 particular GST-related grant payments to states and territories."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections across 2 Parts","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","Single substantive provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Mechanical implementation of pre-calculated amounts with no discretionary elements"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to make Payment No. 2 of 2022–23 in general purpose financial assistance: Western Australia (~$109.9m), the Australian Capital Territory (~$3.5m) and the Northern Territory (~$440k). New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania receive no payment under this determination.\n\nIt implements part of Australia’s horizontal fiscal equalisation system and affects the states/territories and the Commonwealth Treasury."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of federal financial relations; it exercises the Ministerial power under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to determine amounts for a specific payment round. It merely specifies recipients and amounts for the 2022–23 Payment No. 2 (see Note 1 and section 5) and does not amend eligibility criteria, allocation methodology or the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single, short operative provision (section 5) that lists monetary amounts in a table","Relies directly on the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 for authority (section 3 and Note 1)","Minimal definitions and no discretionary criteria in the instrument itself (section 4)","Commencement and timing are straightforward (section 2; Note 2: payment proposed in August 2022)","No procedural or compliance regimes, regulatory detail, or delegated rule‑making powers included"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises a one-off Commonwealth payment of general purpose financial assistance for 2022–23 (Payment No. 2). It fixes amounts to be paid to specified States and Territories (Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory receive funds; other States nil) and sets the total payment. The Assistant Minister determines and the Commonwealth makes the grants under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It matters because it creates legally authorised Commonwealth transfers, specifies recipients and quantifies the fiscal outlay (payment proposed in August 2022)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-2-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-2-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-2-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-2-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-2-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-2-determination-/documents"}}