{"id":"F2021L00205","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 11) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-11-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440774,"registerId":"F2021L00205-fast-fetch-1775956290290","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 11) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: NPP Determination - 9 March\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 11) Determination 2021\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing, make the following determination.\n\nDated 2 March 2021\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nAssistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing\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 national partnership payments 2\n\n5  Determination of national partnership payments\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 11) Determination 2021.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 national partnership payments\n\n \n\nNote 1: A determination in this Part is made under subsection 16(1) of the Act.\n\nNote 2: A payment of the amounts determined in this Part is proposed to be made in March 2021.\n\n5  Determination of national partnership payments\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 financial assistance to that State as specified in subsection 16(1) of the Act.\n\n \n\n| Item | State | Determined amount of national partnership payments |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $220,606,507.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $157,464,303.77 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $105,246,976.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $47,443,483.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $54,438,686.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $38,745,279.66 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,313,302.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $15,111,039.59 |\n| 9 | Total | $642,369,577.02 |\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 determination performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009—specifying amounts for national partnership payments to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 5 substantive sections)","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a simple table with 8 data rows","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Straightforward arithmetic calculation (sum of state amounts equals total)","No amendments, schedules, or explanatory material embedded in the text"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a straightforward piece of legislation that authorises the Australian Government to pay over $642 million to the states and territories. Specifically, it determines the amounts to be paid as \"national partnership payments\" for the 2020-21 financial year (Payment No. 11). These payments are grants of financial assistance from the Commonwealth to each state and territory, with New South Wales receiving the largest share ($220.6 million) and the ACT the smallest ($3.3 million). The determination is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and allows the Treasurer (or relevant minister) to specify exactly how much each jurisdiction gets for this particular payment round."},"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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the scope of the national partnership program; it only determines the amounts to be paid to each State and Territory under subsection 16(1) of the Act (Part 2, item 5). It does not introduce new recipients, purposes, or conditions within the text of the determination."},"complexity_factors":["Simple legal form: a determination that specifies fixed dollar amounts (Part 2, item 5).","Limited substantive content: no new conditions, eligibility rules, or program design in the instrument.","Dependence on external statute for meaning: relies on the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 for authority and key terms (see s16(1) and Definitions, para 4).","Administrative execution required: Commonwealth must schedule and disburse payments (Note 2 indicates proposed payment timing).","Accounting precision: multiple decimal amounts and per-jurisdiction sums require precise financial processing.","Low compliance burden for recipients: instrument only designates amounts, not reporting or performance obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes the amounts of National Partnership payments for 2020–21 (Payment No. 11), listing dollar amounts to be paid to each State and Territory and a total of $642,369,577.02, with payment proposed in March 2021 (Part 2, item 5; Note 2). It affects state and territory treasuries as recipients and the Commonwealth as payer, and mechanically authorises transfers rather than creating new policy obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-11-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-11-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-11-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-11-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-11-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-11-determination-2021/documents"}}