Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Cth)

Federal Financial Relations Act 2009

No. 11, 2009

Compilation No. 14

Compilation date: 11 December 2024

Includes amendments: Act No. 138, 2024

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This compilation

This is a compilation of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 11 December 2024 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

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Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

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Self‑repealing provisions

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Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Object 4 Definitions Part 2—General revenue assistance Division 1—GST revenue grants 5 GST revenue grants 6 GST revenue 7 Determination of population of a State 8 GST revenue sharing relativity 8A Pool top‑up for a payment year Division 2—Other general revenue assistance 9 General purpose financial assistance Part 2A—National skills and workforce development payments 12A National skills and workforce development payments Part 3—National specific purpose payments 13 National specific purpose payments for disability services Part 3A—National health reform payments 15A National health reform payments Part 3B—Payments relating to housing, homelessness and housing affordability matters 15B Simplified outline of this Part 15C Payments relating to housing, homelessness and housing affordability matters—primary housing agreement and supplementary housing agreement 15D Payments relating to housing, homelessness and housing affordability matters—designated housing agreement Part 3C—Temporary energy bill relief 15E Payments relating to temporary energy bill relief 15F Amount of financial assistance Part 4—National partnership payments 16 National partnership payments Part 5—Payment of grants 17 Advance payments for financial year 18 Overpayment or underpayment of grant 19 Minister may fix amounts, and times of payments, of financial assistance 20 Repayment if condition not fulfilled Part 6—Miscellaneous 21 Minister to have regard to Intergovernmental Agreement and other agreements 22 Appropriation 23 Delegation 24 Regulations Endnotes Endnote 1—About the endnotes Endnote 2—Abbreviation key Endnote 3—Legislation history Endnote 4—Amendment history