{"id":"F2021L00537","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 13) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-13-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440832,"registerId":"F2021L00537-fast-fetch-1775956322618","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. 13) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att A - NPP Determination - 7 May 2021\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. 13) 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  3 May 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. 13) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 May 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 | $564,986,982.12 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $240,670,300.00 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $125,203,905.13 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $79,347,630.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $59,476,800.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $16,864,985.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $12,526,949.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $14,951,806.56 |\n| 9 | Total | $1,114,029,357.81 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation serves exactly its original intended purpose: to make a specific determination of national partnership payment amounts under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply refers to the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a simple table with 8 data rows","No amendments, schedules, or explanatory material embedded in the text","Purpose is purely administrative: authorising specific payment amounts already agreed upon"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises the Australian Government to pay $1,114,029,357.81 in national partnership payments for 2020–21, specifying the dollar allocation to each state and territory (NSW ~$565m, Vic ~$241m, Qld ~$125m, WA ~$79m, SA ~$59m, Tas ~$17m, ACT ~$12.5m, NT ~$15m).\n\nIt gives legal effect under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to federal grant commitments, enabling the agreed joint projects and services between the Commonwealth and states to be funded."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the substantive scope of federal financial relations or program eligibility; it simply allocates specified national partnership payment amounts to States and Territories (see Part 2, s5 and accompanying notes referring to s16(1) of the Act)."},"complexity_factors":["Legal authority is straightforward: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (note to Part 2 refers to s16(1)).","Instrument is primarily a numerical allocation table (precise amounts to the cent) with limited interpretive text.","Low regulatory discretion — amounts are fixed, not contingent on new conditions or policy changes.","Operational complexity limited to administrative payment processing and accounting by Commonwealth and States.","Standard commencement and definition provisions reference the principal Act, requiring familiarity with the Act for full context."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument records the Assistant Treasurer’s determination of national partnership payments (Payment No. 13) to each State and Territory for 2020–21, specifying exact dollar amounts (total $1,114,029,357.81). It is made under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and proposes payment in May 2021. Mechanically, the Commonwealth provides the funds; the Assistant Treasurer sets the amounts under the Act; recipients must account for the grants; the instrument apportions funding rather than creating new program rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-13-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-13-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-13-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-13-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-13-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-13-determination-2021/documents"}}