{"id":"F2020L01326","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 6) Determination 2020","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-6-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440629,"registerId":"F2020L01326-fast-fetch-1775956198792","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. 6) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att B NPP Determination - 21 October 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. 6) Determination 2020\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated 15 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. 6) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 October 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 | $8,379,212.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | - |\n| 3 | Queensland | $106,916,458.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $3,994,893.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $2,288,515.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $918,614.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $596,398.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $1,986,550.00 |\n| 9 | Total | $125,080,640.00 |\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 payment amounts to states and territories. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 5 substantive provisions)","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the Act'","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering Act","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No nested provisions or subsections beyond basic commencement mechanics"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short legal instrument that authorises the Australian Government to pay specific amounts of money to six Australian states and two territories (New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, ACT, and NT) as part of the 2020-21 budget. Victoria receives nothing in this particular payment. The total amount being distributed is just over $125 million. These payments are made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, which governs how the Commonwealth shares revenue with state and territory governments for specific projects and services (called 'national partnership payments'). This is essentially a payment schedule—one of several made during the 2020-21 financial year—specifying who gets what and when (October 2020)."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the scope or eligibility of the underlying national partnership programs; it only specifies amounts to be paid to States and Territories (see section 5 and the Part 2 notes). It does not amend substantive rules, add conditions, or create new obligations—its effect is confined to allocating and scheduling payments under the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward tabular allocation of fixed payment amounts to jurisdictions (section 5).","Made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and the specific determination power (note to Part 2 referencing subsection 16(1)), so legal effect depends on that Act.","Commencement is administrative: instrument takes effect on registration (section 2), so timing is clear and simple.","Definitions rely on the Federal Financial Relations Act and the Legislation Act cross-reference (section 4 and note), requiring minimal statutory lookup to interpret terms.","No program conditions, performance measures, or reporting requirements included in the instrument — reduces administrative and compliance complexity.","One table entry shows a dash for Victoria (item 2), which may be read as nil allocation but is a small source of ambiguity in presentation (section 5, table).","Payment timing specified as 'proposed to be made in October 2020' (Part 2 note), indicating an administrative scheduling detail rather than legislative discretion."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument allocates one-off national partnership payments totalling $125,080,640 by listing fixed dollar amounts to be paid to each State and Territory. It is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and proposes the payments in October 2020.\n\nThe Commonwealth pays the listed sums and the named States/Territories receive the grants (see section 5). The instrument merely specifies amounts and timing; it does not impose new conditions or change who is eligible for the underlying grants."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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