{"id":"F2022L01466","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2022-23 Payment No. 5) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-5-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441596,"registerId":"F2022L01466-fast-fetch-1775956864273","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. 5) 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![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia
](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2022-23 Payment No. 5) Determination 2022\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   16 November  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. 5) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 November 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 | $159,320,357.34 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,539,315.72 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $162,859,673.06 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance. It exercises the Act’s existing power to determine payment amounts for 2022–23 (section 5), imports definitions from the Act (section 4), and sets commencement and timing (sections 2 and notes). It does not amend the Act or introduce new categories of recipients or purposes."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow operation: single-table allocation listing amounts for states, only two positive amounts (section 5).","Legal formality: instrument made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; definitions are imported from that Act (section 3 and section 4).","Straightforward commencement rule: entire instrument commences on registration (section 2).","Determination power invoked under subsection 9(1) of the Act (not restated in detail here), so substantive allocation methodology sits in the Act or elsewhere.","No discretionary criteria or conditions in this instrument itself; operational details (payment mechanics, reporting) are handled by administrative practice or the parent Act."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination instructs the Commonwealth to pay $162,859,673.06 in general purpose financial assistance for 2022–23, allocating $159,320,357.34 to Western Australia and $3,539,315.72 to the Australian Capital Territory (section 5). Made by the Assistant Minister under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (section 3), it formalises a one‑off Commonwealth transfer and sets the payment timing, affecting those jurisdictions' budgets and spending choices."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","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 parent Act: making specific determinations of financial assistance amounts. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references 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 substantive legal rules — purely administrative/executive in nature (determining specific dollar amounts)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises Payment No. 5 for 2022–23 of Commonwealth general purpose financial assistance (GST‑related grants), totalling $162,859,673.06: Western Australia $159,320,357.34, Australian Capital Territory $3,539,315.72, other states/territories $0. It formalises a mid‑year, untied funding transfer (November 2022) under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, made by Dr Andrew Leigh."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-5-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-5-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-5-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-5-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-5-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-5-determination-/documents"}}