{"id":"F2021L00686","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 14) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-14-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440869,"registerId":"F2021L00686-fast-fetch-1775956342162","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. 14) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att A - NPP Determination - 7 June 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. 14) 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 June 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. 14) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 June 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 | $190,868,140.71 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $297,610,987.45 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $236,562,509.40 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $235,892,107.72 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $85,499,424.55 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $84,194,379.07 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $11,133,750.59 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $162,722,124.06 |\n| 9 | Total | $1,304,483,423.55 |\n\n\n \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":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a routine, time-limited administrative instrument with a narrow, specific purpose: authorising a single tranche of National Partnership Payments. It has not expanded beyond its original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument: only 5 substantive sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply refers to the parent Act)","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Purpose-built for a single, specific administrative action (one round of payments)"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay over $1.3 billion in National Partnership Payments to Australia’s states and territories for 2020–21. These are conditional grants (Payment No. 14) directing how funds must be used, and they support state-run services and projects—hospitals, schools, infrastructure—under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not expand or repurpose national partnership programs; it provides specific financial allocations for 2020–21 under the existing authority in subsection 16(1) of the Act and lists payment amounts and recipients (see Part 2 notes and s5). It is a routine funding allocation rather than a change in program scope or eligibility."},"complexity_factors":["Statutory authority is explicit and narrow: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see 3 Authority; Part 2 Note 1).","The instrument is primarily a schedule of fixed dollar amounts to named jurisdictions (see 5 Determination of national partnership payments) — low legal drafting complexity.","Implementation detail is minimal: no new conditions or program rules are introduced in this instrument (compare absence of conditions in s5).","Administrative action required: payment timing is 'proposed' for June 2021, which creates a short operational dependency for treasury and state payment systems (Part 2 Note 2).","Relies on defined terms and cross-reference to the principal Act for legal effect (see 4 Definitions and note referencing the Act), so practitioners must consult the Act for scope and procedural requirements.","Large aggregate sums increase oversight and audit significance despite simple textual form (see amounts in s5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs the Commonwealth to pay fixed national partnership amounts to each state and territory for 2020–21, listing nine payments totalling $1,304,483,423.55. It is made by the Assistant Treasurer under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and authorises the Commonwealth to grant these funds to states; the payments enable state governments to spend under existing national partnership arrangements, with the timing of payment proposed for June 2021."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-14-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-14-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-14-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-14-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-14-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-14-determination-2021/documents"}}