{"id":"F2022L01351","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2022-23 Payment No. 4) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441563,"registerId":"F2022L01351-fast-fetch-1775956834694","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. 4) 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: MS22-002302 - 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. 4) Determination 2022\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   13 October  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\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. 4) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 October 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 | $126,624,425.20 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,534,103.18 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $130,158,528.38 |\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 function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making periodic determinations of GST and general purpose financial assistance payments to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections across 2 Parts","Minimal defined terms: only 'the Act' is explicitly defined; otherwise relies on external statutory definitions via the Legislation Act 2003","No conditional logic or exceptions — just a straightforward table of amounts","Single cross-reference (to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009)","No nested structures or operative complexity — essentially a payment schedule with legislative formality"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Australian Government’s fourth 2022–23 general purpose financial assistance payment: Western Australia $126,624,425.20 and the Australian Capital Territory $3,534,103.18 (total $130,158,528.38), with other jurisdictions receiving nothing under this payment.  \n\nIt directs Treasury to make the transfer (proposed October 2022) as part of routine horizontal fiscal equalisation — untied federal funding to help states deliver comparable services."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument applies the existing authority in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to set payment amounts for a scheduled general purpose grant (see Part 2, Note 1 and s5). It does not amend eligibility, attach new conditions, or expand the statutory scheme; it simply specifies the dollar amounts and commencement timing for Payment No. 4."},"complexity_factors":["Legal basis is narrow and single-purpose: determination made under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Part 2, Note 1).","Simple numeric allocations in a single table without conditions: Section 5 lists amounts (only WA $126,624,425.20 and ACT $3,534,103.18 are non-zero; other entries are $-).","Commencement mechanics are routine: instrument commences on registration (s2).","Definitions rely on existing statute meanings (s4; para 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003), reducing interpretive complexity.","Decision-maker and authority are explicit (instrument header and s3), showing limited administrative discretion in this instrument itself.","Implementation step is specified but simple: payment is proposed to be made in October 2022 (Part 2, Note 2), implying standard payment processing obligations.","Low compliance burden for recipients: instrument creates an entitlement to grant amounts rather than new regulatory duties on states.","Fiscal implication is direct cash transfer from the Commonwealth to named jurisdictions; tracking and treasury accounting are routine but necessary operational tasks."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs the Commonwealth to pay specified general purpose financial assistance amounts for the 2022–23 financial year (Payment No. 4) to Australian states and territories. Mechanically, it names the decision-maker and legal authority and lists the dollar amounts to be paid (notably payments to Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory); it matters because it effects intergovernmental cash transfers from the Commonwealth to those jurisdictions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-/documents"}}