{"id":"F2023L00246","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2022-23 Payment No. 9) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-9-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441761,"registerId":"F2023L00246-fast-fetch-1775956984657","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. 9) 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. 9) Determination 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   15 March  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. 9) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 March 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 | $135,603,471.55 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,539,315.72 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $139,142,787.27 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: making a specific payment determination under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of authorising periodic GST-related payments to states and territories."},"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","No substantive legal rules or regulatory requirements imposed on any party"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises a $139.14 million general purpose financial assistance payment in March 2023, allocated to Western Australia ($135.6m) and the Australian Capital Territory ($3.5m). It affects those two jurisdictions directly (others receive nothing this round) and funds state services like hospitals, schools and infrastructure as part of ongoing Commonwealth–state fiscal arrangements."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument sets specific payment amounts for Payment No. 9 of 2022–23 under the Act. The text contains no indication that it alters the underlying scope of general purpose financial assistance from its statutory basis; it simply specifies amounts, commencement timing, and total."},"complexity_factors":["Delegated instrument made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see s 3 and Note to Part 2: subsection 9(1) of the Act).","Commencement rule ties effect to registration (clause 2), which is a legal formality that affects timing but not substance.","Definitions depend on the Federal Financial Relations Act and the Legislation Act 2003 (clause 4; para 13(1)(b) Legislation Act), requiring cross-reference to parent statutes for full meaning.","Numeric precision and formatting in the payment table (explicit dollar amounts and several '$-' entries) require interpretation: some jurisdictions receive nil under this determination.","Limited operational detail: the instrument states payments are proposed for March 2023 (Note 2) but does not include transactional mechanics or administrative conditions."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination directs the Commonwealth to pay 2022–23 general purpose financial assistance, allocating $135,603,471.55 to Western Australia and $3,539,315.72 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $139,142,787.27). Made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, it authorises specific grant payments and sets the registration-linked commencement and proposed payment timing that state and territory treasuries will rely on for budgeting and cash flow."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-9-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-9-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-9-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-9-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-9-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2022-23-payment-no-9-determination-/documents"}}