{"id":"F2020L01128","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 4) Determination 2020","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-4-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440597,"registerId":"F2020L01128-fast-fetch-1775956166695","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. 4) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att A NPP Determination - 7 September 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. 4) Determination 2020\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated 1 September 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. 4) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 September 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 | $43,721,099.42 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $30,109,933.10 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $65,340,217.72 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $19,114,599.95 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $14,326,101.49 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $4,848,506.25 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $1,531,888.07 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $6,580,178.40 |\n| 9 | Total | $185,572,524.40 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand or alter the statutory scope of national partnership payments; it merely designates monetary amounts and recipients under the existing authority (see Part 2 Note 1 and section 5). It contains no new purposes, eligibility rules, or conditions and therefore does not change the underlying scope established by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (section 3 and section 4)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument: specifies fixed payment amounts in a single table (section 5).","Legal authority is simple and explicit: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (section 3) and subsection 16(1) (Part 2 Note 1).","Low regulatory discretion: amounts are concrete and recipients are named, leaving minimal room for interpretation (section 5 table).","Procedural detail only: short commencement provision describing registration timing (section 2).","Dependence on external statute for definitions and operation: relies on the Act for meanings (section 4 referencing the Act)."],"plain_english_summary":"- This instrument fixes specific dollar amounts the Commonwealth will pay to each Australian state and territory under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, totalling $185,572,524.40. It was made by the Minister (dated 1 September 2020) and proposes the payments be made in September 2020.\n\n- Who pays and who receives: the Commonwealth pays, and the listed states and territories receive the funds. Why it matters: it determines how much each jurisdiction will get for national partnership purposes under subsection 16(1)."},"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 instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making specific determinations of payment amounts to states and territories. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument: only 5 substantive sections","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the Act'","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single operational provision (section 5) consisting of a basic payment table","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Straightforward tabular format for payment amounts"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a straightforward piece of legislation that authorises the federal government to pay approximately $185.6 million to Australia's states and territories in September 2020. These payments are called \"national partnership payments\" — essentially federal grants to help states fund specific projects and services they've agreed to deliver. The money is distributed unevenly based on each state's needs and agreements: Queensland gets the largest share ($65.3 million), while the ACT gets the smallest ($1.5 million). The Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer made this determination under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, which governs how the Commonwealth shares money with states."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-4-determination-2020","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-4-determination-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-4-determination-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-4-determination-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-4-determination-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-4-determination-2020/documents"}}