{"id":"F2022L00544","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 12) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-12-determination-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441338,"registerId":"F2022L00544-fast-fetch-1775956656805","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. 12) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\ntitle: MS22-000683 - Att A - NPP Determination\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. 12) Determination 2022\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing, make the following determination.\n\nDated    4 April 2022\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\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 12) Determination 2022.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 April 2022.\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 | $395,098,727.07 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $219,144,680.01 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $313,447,327.64 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $82,646,613.72 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $152,849,203.22 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $13,937,490.67 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $16,592,693.87 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $72,017,205.01 |\n| 9 | Total | $1,265,733,941.21 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation serves exactly its intended purpose: to authorise a specific scheduled payment under the Federal Financial Relations framework. It has not expanded beyond the original intent of the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","Single table with straightforward data: 8 states/territories plus a total row","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority provisions","Purpose is purely administrative: authorising specific dollar amounts already agreed upon","No substantive policy content—just a payment schedule"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay just over $1.26 billion to Australia’s states and territories as the 12th round of National Partnership Payments for 2021–22, giving legal effect to those transfers.\n\nIt allocates specific amounts to each jurisdiction — notably NSW $395m, QLD $313m, VIC $219m (others smaller) — providing the funding authority for state and territory services and programs under the Federal Financial Relations Act."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument confines itself to determining grant amounts for the 2021–22 Payment No. 12 under subsection 16(1) of the Act (section 5 and Part 2 notes). There is no provision in the instrument that alters the scope of the underlying Act, adds conditions, or amends prior instruments; the commencement table notes it relates to the instrument as originally made."},"complexity_factors":["Simple numeric schedule listing payments to eight jurisdictions and a total (section 5 table).","Made under clear statutory authority: Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (section 3; Part 2 Note referencing subsection 16(1)).","Commencement mechanics are straightforward: instrument commences on registration (section 2).","Definitions defer to the Act for term meanings (section 4), so interpretation relies on the parent Act.","Payment timing is specified as proposed for April 2022 (Part 2 Note 2) but the instrument contains no conditions, performance measures or allocation rules, reducing procedural complexity.","Amounts specified to the cent increase administrative precision for payment processing."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Assistant Treasurer under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes specific national partnership payment amounts to each State and Territory totalling $1,265,733,941.21 and proposes those payments in April 2022. It takes effect on registration. It affects Commonwealth cash transfers to New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT and the NT and mechanically allocates federal grant sums; it does not itself change the Act’s grant rules or attach conditions."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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