{"id":"F2022L01223","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2022-23 Payment No. 3) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-3-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441527,"registerId":"F2022L01223-fast-fetch-1775956800059","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. 3) 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: MS22-002004 - Att B - 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. 3) Determination 2022\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated       15 September  2022\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury\n\nParliamentary 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. 3) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 September 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 | $126,321,375.90 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,534,103.18 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $129,855,479.08 |\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 change scope from the underlying Federal Financial Relations framework; it merely allocates specified 2022–23 general purpose grant amounts to named States/Territories under the Act (see Part 2 Note 1 and section 5). It does not alter eligibility criteria, distribution formulas or introduce new categories of assistance."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow substantive scope: single payment table specifying amounts to two jurisdictions; amounts are fixed and deterministic (see section 5 table).","Statutory authority: instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and notes a determination under subsection 9(1) of that Act (Part 2 Note 1; section 3).","Commencement mechanics are simple: instrument commences on registration (section 2).","Definitions rely on cross-reference to the Federal Financial Relations Act via the Legislation Act provision cited (section 4), so readers may need to consult the Act for defined terms.","Minimal administrative detail: the instrument specifies amounts but not payment mechanics or conditions, leaving implementation to Treasury processes (Note 2 to Part 2 indicates proposed payment timing).","Low ministerial discretion in this text: amounts are prescribed rather than delegated or conditional (section 5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination directs the Commonwealth to pay specified general purpose financial assistance for 2022–23 Payment No. 3. It allocates $126,321,375.90 to Western Australia and $3,534,103.18 to the Australian Capital Territory, with a total of $129,855,479.08; other jurisdictions receive $0 under this instrument.\n\nMade under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, it commences on registration and fixes Commonwealth-to-state grant amounts, affecting Commonwealth cash flow and state budget receipts but imposing no new administrative conditions in this text."},"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":1,"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":["Extremely short instrument — only 5 substantive sections","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the Act'","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No nested provisions or subsections with multiple paragraphs"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to make the third 2022–23 general purpose financial assistance payments: $126.3 million to Western Australia and $3.5 million to the Australian Capital Territory. These are unconditional grants under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, enabling the states to use the funds as they choose and legally clearing the way for the September 2022 transfers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-3-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-3-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-3-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-3-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-3-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-3-determination-/documents"}}