{"id":"F2022L01707","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2022-23 Payment No. 6) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-6-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441672,"registerId":"F2022L01707-fast-fetch-1775956923211","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. 6) 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. 6) Determination 2022\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   15 December  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. 6) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 December 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 | $204,278,780.73 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,539,315.72 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $207,818,096.45 |\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 specific determinations of general purpose financial assistance amounts. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions across 2 Parts","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Simple tabular format for payment amounts with no conditions or exceptions","No operative conditions, triggers, or temporal limitations beyond the standard commencement provision","Straightforward administrative determination with no policy discretion exercised in the text"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises a $207.8 million general-purpose payment by the federal government for 2022–23, directing $204.3 million to Western Australia and $3.5 million to the Australian Capital Territory. As untied fiscal assistance, the funds can be spent at each jurisdiction’s discretion and form part of Australia’s horizontal fiscal equalisation arrangements to balance service capacity across states."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance established by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It simply allocates specific payment amounts for Payment No. 6 (see section 5) and records commencement and timing (sections 2 and Notes). No new categories of recipients or new types of obligations are created."},"complexity_factors":["Operative simplicity: a single operative provision (section 5) is a table listing amounts by State—minimal statutory text to interpret.","Legal authority: instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see section 3: Authority and Note 1 referencing subsection 9(1)), so its substantive scope is bounded by that Act.","Definitions reliance: section 4 imports meanings from the Act (Legislation Act para 13(1)(b)), so legal effect depends on external definitions rather than new definitions in this instrument.","Commencement mechanics: section 2 fixes commencement on registration; administrative timing matters for payment flow and legal effect.","Payment timing: Note 2 indicates payment is proposed for December 2022—an implementation timing detail external to the amounts (affects cashflow scheduling).","Presentation nuance: multiple entries are shown as '$-' rather than explicit '$0.00', which may require a plain‑language interpretation (minor clerical ambiguity).","Low discretion and compliance burden: the instrument specifies amounts only and imposes no new conditions on recipients, so minimal administrative discretion and compliance obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination sets the Commonwealth general-purpose financial assistance amounts for 2022–23 (Payment No. 6). It directs payments of $204,278,780.73 to Western Australia and $3,539,315.72 to the Australian Capital Territory; all other States/Territories are recorded as $- (nil), giving a total of $207,818,096.45. Made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and commencing on registration, it fixes a December 2022 cash transfer that affects State budget resources."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-6-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-6-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-6-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-6-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-6-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-6-determination-/documents"}}