{"id":"F2021L00955","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 1) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-1-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440917,"registerId":"F2021L00955-fast-fetch-1775956370698","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 1) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att A - NPP Determination - 7 July\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment   No. 1) 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 2 July 2021\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nAssistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing\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 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—2021-22 Payment No. 1) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 July 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 | $117,885,721.50 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $155,910,721.50 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $109,249,421.50 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $48,458,221.50 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $34,307,567.50 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $11,622,687.50 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $5,788,687.50 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $13,427,187.50 |\n| 9 | Total | $496,650,216.00 |\n\n\n \n\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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation serves exactly its intended purpose: authorising specific national partnership payments for the 2021-22 financial year. It has not expanded beyond its original scope as a payment determination instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply refers to the parent Act)","Single, simple table with straightforward arithmetic","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority provisions","Purpose is purely mechanical: stating amounts to be paid"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay $496.6 million in national partnership payments to states and territories to fund agreed services and projects.\n\nMajor allocations: Victoria $155.9M, NSW $117.9M, Queensland $109.2M, WA $48.5M, SA $34.3M, NT $13.4M, Tasmania $11.6M, ACT $5.8M. It is the legal mechanism that enables these federal transfers under Australia’s funding arrangements; specific project details are set out in separate bilateral agreements."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change scope from its stated purpose. It simply determines and lists amounts to be paid to each State and Territory (section 5) and sets the timing as July 2021 (Part 2 note). It introduces no new recipients, conditions, or policy directions beyond making the grants authorised by subsection 16(1) of the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Legal formality: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see 'Authority' and Note to Part 2).","Straightforward schedule: section 5 provides a single table with a fixed dollar amount for each State/Territory and a total.","Commencement mechanics: standard commencement clause (section 2) and registration timing.","Limited substantive rules: no conditions, performance requirements, or reporting obligations are included in the instrument.","Operational requirement: requires Commonwealth administrative action to pay the listed amounts (payment proposed in July 2021).","Budgetary impact: specifies an explicit Commonwealth cost ($496,650,216) that must be met from appropriations.","Reference reliance: relies on subsection 16(1) of the Act for authority, which channels discretion to determine payments."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, authorises Commonwealth payments totalling $496,650,216 to Australian States and Territories, listing fixed grant amounts proposed to be paid in July 2021 under subsection 16(1).\n\nIt affects State and Territory governments as recipients; the Commonwealth finances the transfers. It matters because it commits federal budget funds to specific jurisdictions and creates an administrative obligation to make the listed disbursements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-1-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-1-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-1-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-1-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-1-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-1-determination-2021/documents"}}