{"id":"F2016L01333","name":"PGPA Act Determination (Australian Immunisation Register Special Account 2016) — Establishment","slug":"pgpa-act-determination-australian-immunisation-register-special-account-2016-establishment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":94887,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2016L01333-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"PGPA Act Determination (Australian Immunisation Register Special Account 2016) — Establishment","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\nPGPA Act Determination (Australian Immunisation Register Special Account 2016) — Establishment\n\nI, MATHIAS HUBERT PAUL CORMANN, Minister for Finance, make this determination.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nMATHIAS HUBERT PAUL CORMANN\n\nMinister for Finance\n\nDated: 23 / 08 / 2016\n\nPart 1 - Establishment\n\n1 Name\n\nThis instrument is the PGPA Act Determination (Australian Immunisation Register Special Account 2016) — Establishment.\n\nNote: All special account determinations and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation (FRL) kept under the Legislation Act 2003. See http://www.legislation.gov.au.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis instrument commences on the day provided for by paragraph 79(5)(a) of the PGPA Act.\n\nNote 1: Subsection 79(5) of the PGPA Act provides that a special account determination comes into effect on the day immediately after the last day on which it could have been disallowed by the Parliament, or on a later day if specified in the determination.\n\nNote 2: Subsection 50(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 provides that a legislative instrument is repealed automatically on the first of 1 April or 1 October ten years after being registered on the FRL. Consistent with the Legislation Act 2003, this instrument ceases to have effect on 1 October 2026.\n\n3 Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under subsection 78(1) of the PGPA Act.\n\n4 Definitions\n\nIn this instrument:\n\nPGPA Act means the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n\nAustralian Immunisation Register has the same meaning as in the Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015.\n\n5 Establishment\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph 78(1)(a) of the PGPA Act, a special account is established with the name Australian Immunisation Register Special Account 2016 (the special account).\n\n6 Credits to the special account\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph 78(1)(b) of the PGPA Act, amounts equal to the following are allowed to be credited to the special account:\n\n    (a) amounts received in the course of the performance of functions that relate to the purposes of the special account;\n    (b) an amount received from any person for the purposes of the special account;\n    (c) amounts debited from the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register Special Account, established by the Financial Management and Accountability Determination 2006/57 – Australian Childhood Immunisation Register Special Account Establishment 2006.\n\nNote 1: The Appropriation Acts may provide that if any of the purposes of a special account are covered by an item in an Appropriation Act (whether or not the item refers to the special account), then amounts may be debited against the appropriation for that item and credited to the special account.\n\nNote 2: Where an amount equal to an amount debited from the special account is repaid to the Commonwealth, the amount may be credited to the special account under paragraph 74(1)(b) of the PGPA Act and subsection 27(5) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014.\n\n7 Purposes of the special account\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph 78(1)(c) of the PGPA Act, amounts standing to the credit of the special account are allowed to be debited for the following purposes:\n\n(a) to make incentive payments to recognised vaccination providers who notify the Australian Immunisation Register that they have completed immunisations for children up to seven years of age, through the National Immunisation Program;\n\n(b) to disburse or repay amounts in relation to incidental activities;\n\n(c) to reduce the balance of the special account (and, therefore, the available appropriation) without making a real or notional payment;\n\n(d) to repay, as required by law, amounts that have been credited to the special account.\n\nNote 1: Subsection 78(4) of the PGPA Act appropriates the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure for the purposes of the special account, up to the balance of the special account at the time of payment.\n\nNote 2: An amount may be debited from the special account:\n\n> Note: (a) for the purpose of paragraph 7(b), for the administration of the special account and for dealing with direct and indirect costs in relation to administering the special account; or\n\n> Note: (b) for the purpose of paragraph 7(c), to allow for the balance of the special account to be reduced, with no payment or credit available to another party, account or appropriation; or\n\n> Note: (c) where that amount has been incorrectly credited by virtue of a clerical mistake or exercise of a discretion based on a fundamental mistake of fact or law (legal advice on the mistaken fact or law should be obtained before an amount is debited on this basis).\n\n8 Accountable authority\n\nFor the purposes of paragraph 78(1)(d) of the PGPA Act, the accountable authority responsible for the special account is the Secretary of the Department of Health.\n\nPart 2 – Transitional Variation\n\nSubsection 5(1) of the Financial Management and Accountability Determination 2006/57 — Australian Childhood Immunisation Register Special Account Establishment 2006 is varied by adding at the end:\n\n; and (f) credit amounts to the Australian Immunisation Register Special Account 2016.","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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Creates a new, separate special account for the Australian Immunisation Register and authorises specific credit and debit pathways (s5–s7). It permits transfers from the existing Australian Childhood Immunisation Register Special Account (s6; Part 2 transitional variation), establishes purposes (including incentive payments to providers (s7(a))) and assigns the Secretary of the Department of Health as accountable authority (s8), thereby altering the funding and administrative scope previously confined to the Childhood Immunisation Register arrangements."},"complexity_factors":["Establishment of a single-purpose special account (s5) — straightforward legal act but interacts with broader PGPA framework (s3 references PGPA Act).","Defined permitted credits: receipts from Register functions, amounts from persons, and transfers from the Childhood Immunisation Register Special Account (s6; transitional variation) — requires tracking provenance of funds.","Permitted debits/purposes: incentive payments to vaccination providers, incidental/admin costs, balance reduction without payment, and legally required repayments (s7) — includes a non-standard mechanism to reduce the account balance without a payment (s7(c)).","Administrative discretions and corrective debits: notes allow debiting for clerical mistakes or mistakes of fact/law and recommend legal advice before debiting — adds compliance/admin judgment (note to s7).","Interplay with appropriation and commencement rules: relies on PGPA Act paragraphs and Legislation Act automatic repeal timing (s2, notes) — creates temporal and appropriation interactions.","Accountability assignment to the Secretary of the Department of Health (s8) centralises decision‑making and operational responsibility."],"plain_english_summary":"Establishes a dedicated Australian Immunisation Register Special Account to hold funds for the Register and to pay incentives to recognised vaccination providers and related administration (s5, s7). Money can be credited from receipts arising from Register functions, payments from persons, or transfers from the existing Childhood Immunisation Register Special Account (s6; transitional variation). The Secretary of the Department of Health is the accountable authority (s8). The instrument creates a ring‑fenced funding stream and the mechanics for crediting and debiting it."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow scope. It establishes a single special account for immunisation register purposes and transitions funds from its predecessor account (2006). There is no scope creep; the instrument does exactly what its title suggests and contains no extraneous provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument: only 8 sections plus a transitional variation","Minimal defined terms: only 2 definitions (PGPA Act and Australian Immunisation Register)","Simple structure: establishment, credits, purposes, accountable authority","Limited cross-referencing: references to parent Act (PGPA Act) and one repealed instrument (2006 Determination) are straightforward","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond basic 'if received, then may be credited' structure","Purpose provisions are clear and specific (paragraph 7(a)-(d))"],"plain_english_summary":"This bill creates the Australian Immunisation Register Special Account 2016, a ring‑fenced fund managed by the Department of Health to receive payments, donations and transfers from the old childhood immunisation account and to pay for National Immunisation Program incentives, administration and related adjustments. It affects recognised vaccination providers who receive incentive payments, the Department of Health as manager, and parents/children by ensuring dedicated, continuous funding for childhood vaccination reporting and delivery."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/pgpa-act-determination-australian-immunisation-register-special-account-2016-establishment","history":"/api/acts/pgpa-act-determination-australian-immunisation-register-special-account-2016-establishment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/pgpa-act-determination-australian-immunisation-register-special-account-2016-establishment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/pgpa-act-determination-australian-immunisation-register-special-account-2016-establishment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/pgpa-act-determination-australian-immunisation-register-special-account-2016-establishment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/pgpa-act-determination-australian-immunisation-register-special-account-2016-establishment/documents"}}