{"id":"F2023L01262","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2023-24 Payment No. 3) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-3-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442088,"registerId":"F2023L01262-fast-fetch-1775957193640","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—2023-24 Payment No. 3) Determination 2023","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\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—2023-24 Payment No. 3) Determination 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   15 September  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—2023-24 Payment No. 3) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 September 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 | $59,190,225.46 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,664,916.67 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $62,855,142.13 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, specific function it was designed for: authorising a particular scheduled payment of general purpose financial assistance to specific states/territories for the 2023-24 financial year. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument — only 5 substantive sections","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","Single straightforward purpose: specifying dollar amounts in a table","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","No operative provisions beyond the determination table itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Australian Government (Treasury) to pay about $62.9 million in 2023–24 as general purpose financial assistance: roughly $59.2 million to Western Australia and $3.7 million to the Australian Capital Territory. \n\nIt’s a routine budget administration step (Payment No. 3, scheduled September 2023) giving those jurisdictions flexible funds within the Commonwealth–state financial arrangements."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination does not alter the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance. It applies the Act’s power to set specific payment amounts for 2023–24 Payment No. 3 (s5), establishes commencement on registration (s2), and depends on the Act’s definitions (s4). It neither creates nor removes eligibility criteria or amends the Federal Financial Relations Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose, short instrument that only specifies monetary amounts to recipients (s5).","Made under clear statutory authority in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3) and subsection 9(1) (Part 2 note).","Relies on definitions and cross-references to the Act rather than creating new legal definitions (s4).","Formal commencement mechanics: takes effect on registration, which is an administrative step (s2).","No new eligibility rules, allocation formula, or conditional powers in this instrument — limited discretion at time of making (s5).","Administrative/financial execution required to effect payment timing and accounting (Part 2 note)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3) and subsection 9(1) (Part 2 note), fixes specific one‑off general‑purpose grant amounts for the 2023–24 Payment No. 3 round. It lists payments to jurisdictions (Western Australia $59,190,225.46; Australian Capital Territory $3,664,916.67; total $62,855,142.13) and records the commencement rule that the instrument takes effect on registration (s2, s5). The Commonwealth will pay the listed amounts to the named States/Territories."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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