{"id":"F2022L00855","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 15) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-15-determination-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441425,"registerId":"F2022L00855-fast-fetch-1775956723951","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. 15) 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\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth coat of arms of Australia
](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 15) Determination 2022\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated  27 June 2022\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury  Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\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 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. 15) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 June 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 | $470,354,781.96 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $339,847,863.44 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $990,860,746.49 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $352,585,081.62 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $151,545,717.36 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $47,463,420.90 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $32,800,102.08 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $164,356,092.49 |\n| 9 | Total | $2,549,813,806.34 |\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 instrument performs exactly the function intended by the parent Act: determining specific payment amounts for National Partnership Payments. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority provisions","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a simple table with 8 data rows","No nested structures or interpretative complexity","Essentially a data entry instrument with legislative formality"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay $2,549,813,806.34 in National Partnership Payments to Australia’s states and territories for Payment No. 15 (2021–22), specifying each jurisdiction’s share (Queensland the largest recipient). It’s a routine administrative instrument under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 that simply executes an existing Commonwealth–state funding agreement for specified joint projects (e.g. hospitals, schools, infrastructure, disaster recovery), not a change of policy."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the scope of the Federal Financial Relations Act or alter recipients or purposes; it only specifies the dollar amounts to be paid to each State and Territory for 2021–22 Payment No. 15, the total, and the proposed payment timing (June 2022)."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: sets a fixed monetary schedule in a single table (section 5).","Legal basis is a straightforward statutory power under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see Part 2 note referencing subsection 16(1)).","Commencement is immediate on registration (section 2), reducing timing complexity.","Definitions adopt terms from the Act by reference (section 4), limiting additional interpretive material.","Payment timing is specified as proposed in June 2022 (Part 2 note), so execution depends on administrative scheduling rather than contingent conditions.","No conditions, performance requirements or allocation rules are included—only amounts and recipients are stated."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (subsection 16(1)), fixes Commonwealth national partnership payment amounts for 2021–22 Payment No. 15, specifying per-State and Territory sums totalling $2,549,813,806.34. The payments are proposed to be made in June 2022; the determination takes effect on registration and is signed by the Assistant Minister."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-15-determination-2022","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-15-determination-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-15-determination-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-15-determination-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-15-determination-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-15-determination-2022/documents"}}