{"id":"F2023L00109","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2022-23 Payment No. 8) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-8-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441713,"registerId":"F2023L00109-fast-fetch-1775956951098","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. 8) Determination 2023","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. 8) Determination 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   15 February  2023\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. 8) Determination 2023.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 February 2023.\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 | $156,857,504.59 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,539,315.72 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $160,396,820.31 |\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 financial assistance to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections across 2 Parts","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","Minimal legislative machinery — essentially a payment instruction with legislative formality"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay $156.9 million to Western Australia and $3.5 million to the Australian Capital Territory (total $160.4 million) as general purpose financial assistance under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.  \n\nIt’s one instalment in routine federal-state transfers that help fund state services; the selective payments reflect GST‑distribution and fiscal equalisation formulas rather than new policy directions."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument implements a single scheduled payment under the Federal Financial Relations Act; it allocates specific amounts for Payment No. 8 but does not expand or narrow the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance or create new obligations."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow scope: amounts specified for only two jurisdictions (WA and ACT) with all others nil.","Simple structure: short instrument with one operative table (section 5) and basic preliminaries (name, commencement, authority, definitions).","Clear legal basis: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (note references subsection 9(1)).","Precise monetary figures: requires accurate payment processing and accounting for set sums.","Administrative action required: Treasury/finance agencies must effect transfers on registration, but no discretionary allocations or policy rules to apply.","Limited interpretive complexity: definitions refer back to the Act, reducing novel definitional issues."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes Commonwealth general-purpose financial assistance for 2022–23 (Payment No. 8), specifying payments: Western Australia $156,857,504.59; Australian Capital Territory $3,539,315.72; total $160,396,820.31. Other states and territories are allocated nil.\n\nMade by the Assistant Minister under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, it directs Commonwealth transfers to state budgets on registration; it is a payment determination with limited discretion and minimal new compliance obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-8-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-8-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-8-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-8-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-8-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-8-determination-/documents"}}