{"id":"F2021L00841","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 15) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-15-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440899,"registerId":"F2021L00841-fast-fetch-1775956359850","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. 15) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att A NPP Determination - 30 June\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. 15) 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     24 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\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. 15) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 | $951,024,471.49 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $452,033,871.49 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $1,279,045,323.26 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $189,212,962.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $342,819,629.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $77,948,265.47 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $17,100,492.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $61,174,880.00 |\n| 9 | Total | $3,370,359,894.71 |\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 instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: it determines specific amounts for national partnership payments. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions","No defined terms beyond 'the Act'","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Simple tabular format for payment amounts","No conditional logic, exceptions, or operative complexity","Straightforward administrative determination with single mechanical operation"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay over $3.37 billion in national partnership payments to the states and territories in June 2021, with Queensland (~$1.28bn), NSW (~$951m), Victoria (~$452m), South Australia (~$343m), Western Australia (~$189m), Tasmania (~$78m), Northern Territory (~$61m) and the ACT (~$17m).\n\nIt provides the legal basis under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 for transferring agreed federal grant funding to states and territories to support joint programs and services; without it the payments could not lawfully be made."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of the Federal Financial Relations Act; it exercises the Act's subsection 16(1) power to specify amounts to be paid for the 2020–21 Payment No. 15 (see section 5). It limits itself to authorising specified payment amounts and timing and does not add new conditions, functions, or recipients beyond those listed."},"complexity_factors":["Single, explicit schedule of payments by jurisdiction (section 5) — mechanically simple to read and implement.","Made under statutory authority (section 3) and relies on definitions by reference to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (section 4) — creates interpretive dependency on that Act.","Commencement tied to registration (section 2) — straightforward timing rule for operation.","No accompanying conditions, reporting requirements or allocation rules in this instrument — implementers must look elsewhere for spending constraints, increasing administrative cross-referencing.","Large monetary sums and multiple recipient treasuries require ordinary intergovernmental financial processes and accounting controls.","Payment timing flagged as 'proposed in June 2021' (Part 2, Note 2) — introduces a near-term execution requirement for Commonwealth agencies."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination authorises Commonwealth payments totalling $3,370,359,894.71 to Australian States and Territories for the 2020–21 national partnership round, listing fixed dollar amounts for each jurisdiction and indicating payment is proposed in June 2021. It affects state and territory treasuries as recipients and the Commonwealth as payer and matters because it legally authorises those fund transfers under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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