{"id":"F2020L01282","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 5) Determination 2020","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440622,"registerId":"F2020L01282-fast-fetch-1775956194573","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. 5) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\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. 5) Determination 2020\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated 1 October 2020\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nMinister for Housing and 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. 5) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 | $111,687,805.78 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $19,763,581.00 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $70,583,143.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $23,983,452.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $44,438,000.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $14,092,592.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $33,374,716.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $22,835,500.00 |\n| 9 | Total | $340,758,789.78 |\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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory scheme. It simply exercises the existing power to determine payment amounts under subsection 16(1) of the Act; it does not alter eligibility, redefine terms, create new obligations, or amend underlying legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, one-off payment schedule set out as a simple table of amounts (Part 2, section 5).","Made under a single statutory head of power (subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009).","Formal commencement and authority provisions are standard and straightforward (Part 1, sections 2–3).","Relies on defined-term cross-reference to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and Legislation Act 2003 for meanings (Part 1, section 4 and note).","No eligibility criteria, conditions, or allocation methodology are stated in the instrument—only amounts are specified.","A temporal note indicates the payments were proposed for September 2020 while the instrument is dated 1 October 2020 (Part 2 notes), which may require administrative reconciliation.","Monetary amounts are stated to cents, requiring precise financial processing and accounting."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes specific national partnership payment amounts to each State and Territory for 2020–21 (total $340,758,789.78) as Commonwealth grants. It authorises the Commonwealth to transfer those amounts to the listed States and Territories, takes effect on registration, and records that the payments were proposed for September 2020."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"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 original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (only 5 substantive provisions)","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","Simple tabular structure for payment amounts with no conditions attached","No cross-references beyond the enabling Act","No exceptions, conditional logic, or nested provisions","Straightforward administrative determination with a single clear purpose"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to make national partnership payments totalling about $340.8 million to Australia’s eight states and territories to fund agreed projects and services. It legally enables those transfers so the states can deliver services (health, education, infrastructure etc.) that federal revenue helps support."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-2020","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-2020/documents"}}