{"id":"F2025L00661","name":"Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Determination 2025","slug":"fuel-indexation-road-funding-special-account-determination-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442843,"registerId":"F2025L00661-fast-fetch-1775957779568","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Determination 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: 250530-LI-TSY_47_1127-2025_Fuel_Indexation_Determination-master\n---\n\n![Commonwealth coat of arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Determination 2025\n\nI, Daniel Mulino, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, make the following determination.\n\nDated     3 June 2025\n\n \n\nDr Daniel Mulino\n\nAssistant Treasurer\n\nMinister for Financial Services\n\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 amount to be credited to the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) special account for 2023‑24\n\n5  Crediting of amounts to the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) special account\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Determination 2025.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Act 2015.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Act 2015 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nthe Act means the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Act 2015.\n\nPart 2—Determination of amount to be credited to the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) special account for 2023‑24\n\n5  Crediting of amounts to the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) special account\n\n  Under subsection 8(1) of the Act, $2,688,000,000 is specified as the amount to be credited to the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) special account on the day this instrument commences for the 2023‑24 financial year.\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 intended by the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Act 2015: specifying the annual amount to be credited to the special account. There is no scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections across 2 Parts","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","Single substantive provision (section 5) containing only a dollar amount and basic timing","No cross-references beyond the enabling Act citation","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Standard boilerplate commencement and interpretation provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes the amount to be transferred into the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account for 2023–24 at $2.688 billion, enabling the federal government to ring‑fence fuel excise indexation for road funding. It affects state and territory road budgets (and motorists indirectly) by triggering the legal transfer from general revenue; being made in 2025, it appears to be a delayed/catch‑up allocation for the 2023–24 year."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of the parent Act. It exercises the Act's power to specify an amount to be credited to the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) special account (see section 5 referencing subsection 8(1) of the Act) and sets commencement timing; it does not amend collection, eligibility, or other administrative rules."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete operative provision specifying one monetary amount (section 5).","Made under clear delegated authority in the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Act 2015 (section 3).","Commencement rule is straightforward — instrument takes effect the day after registration (section 2).","Definitions defer to the parent Act; no new terminology or interpretive rules introduced (section 4).","No conditions, procedures, or implementation steps included — administrative mechanics left to existing account rules.","Limited temporal scope: specifies the amount for a single financial year (2023–24)."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This instrument specifies that $2,688,000,000 be credited to the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) special account for the 2023–24 financial year. It is made by the Assistant Treasurer under the Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Special Account Act 2015 and commences the day after registration.\n\n**Who it affects and why it matters:** The determination allocates a fixed Commonwealth amount into the named special account for 2023–24. It changes the Commonwealth's budget entries for that account but does not alter tax rates or create new legal obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fuel-indexation-road-funding-special-account-determination-2025","history":"/api/acts/fuel-indexation-road-funding-special-account-determination-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fuel-indexation-road-funding-special-account-determination-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fuel-indexation-road-funding-special-account-determination-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fuel-indexation-road-funding-special-account-determination-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fuel-indexation-road-funding-special-account-determination-2025/documents"}}