{"id":"F2020L00987","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 3) Determination 2020","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-3-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440562,"registerId":"F2020L00987-fast-fetch-1775956146632","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. 3) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att A NPP Determination - 7 August 2020\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 3) Determination 2020\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated  3 August 2020\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nMinister for Housing  Assistant Treasurer\n\n \n\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\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. 3) Determination 2020.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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: The 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 August 2020.\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 | $22,446,143.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $20,170,934.45 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $49,231,522.84 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $13,165,407.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $4,614,560.15 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $28,121,936.84 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $1,967,862.21 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $5,889,752.20 |\n| 9 | Total | $145,608,118.69 |\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 instrument performs exactly the function its title suggests: determining specific National Partnership Payment amounts for 2020-21. It has not expanded beyond the original purpose of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 framework, which is to authorise Commonwealth financial assistance to states."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply points to the parent legislation)","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a basic table with 8 data rows","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond standard machinery provisions (commencement, authority)","Purpose is purely administrative: allocating predetermined dollar amounts to named recipients"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Australian Government to pay about $145.6 million to states and territories as the third round of 2020–21 National Partnership Payments, allocating funds to each jurisdiction (largest share to Queensland).  \n\nThese payments, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, support state-delivered services and projects and were a targeted federal transfer during the financially strained early COVID‑19 period."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the legal scope of national partnership arrangements. It simply determines specific payment amounts and timing under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; it creates no new obligations, eligibility rules, or policy instruments beyond specifying the grants."},"complexity_factors":["Simple, single-purpose instrument: lists fixed dollar amounts by state in a table (low structural complexity).","Statutory cross-reference to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and subsection 16(1) provides legal authority (requires familiarity with that Act to fully contextualise).","Minimal definitions and no novel regulatory regimes or conditions—low interpretive burden.","Administrative detail limited to commencement and timing (proposed August 2020), so implementation complexity rests with existing state administrative processes rather than this instrument.","Financial accounting and budgetary treatment considerations for the Commonwealth and states (standard public finance complexity)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 authorises the Commonwealth to pay specific grant amounts to each State and Territory for national partnership purposes, totalling $145,608,118.69. Recipients are state and territory governments; the Commonwealth is the payer.\n\nIt mechanically fixes the dollar amounts and notes a proposed payment timing (August 2020). The fiscal cost is borne by the Commonwealth; administrative action follows subsection 16(1) of the Act. Effects on private parties depend on how states allocate the received funds."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-3-determination-2020","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-3-determination-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-3-determination-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-3-determination-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-3-determination-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-3-determination-2020/documents"}}