{"id":"F2021L01075","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 2) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440953,"registerId":"F2021L01075-fast-fetch-1775956394121","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. 2) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att A - NPP Determination 9 August\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. 2) 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 3 August 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. 2) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 August 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 | $93,932,738.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $107,925,601.00 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $122,471,482.50 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $47,867,408.32 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $65,271,914.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $7,215,450.23 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,034,730.17 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $42,093,185.40 |\n| 9 | Total | $489,812,509.62 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the scope of the underlying national partnership arrangements; it only determines the amounts to be paid to each State and Territory for 2021–22 (s5). It implements funding allocations rather than altering program rules or eligibility."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument: only specifies payment amounts and recipient jurisdictions (Part 2, s5).","Legal formality with minimal policy content: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3) and subsection 16(1) (Notes in Part 2).","Relies on external statute for definitions and legal effect (s4 notes effect of Legislation Act and references to the Act).","Fixed numeric schedule with decimals for each State/Territory and a total (s5 table) — low interpretive ambiguity but requires precise administrative execution.","Commencement is straightforward (commences on registration) but requires coordination with budgeting and payments machinery (s2).","No new eligibility criteria, reporting requirements or discretionary delegations included — limited compliance burden and low regulatory complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Assistant Treasurer under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes the dollar amounts the Commonwealth will pay each State and Territory as National Partnership payments for 2021–22 (Payment No. 2). The payments (total $489,812,509.62) are proposed to be paid in August 2021. It changes the Commonwealth’s cash flows to states and territories by specifying grant amounts; it does not itself set program eligibility or new conditions in the text provided."},"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 determinations for national partnership payments. It is a routine, time-limited administrative instrument with no expansion beyond its statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 5 substantive sections)","Minimal defined terms (only 'the Act' is explicitly defined)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No cross-references beyond basic authority and commencement provisions","Purpose is purely administrative — allocating predetermined amounts"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a ministerial determination that authorises the federal government to pay almost $490 million to Australia's states and territories. These payments are called 'national partnership payments' — essentially federal grants to help states fund specific projects and services they've agreed to deliver. The money is being distributed in August 2021 as the second round of payments for the 2021-22 financial year. Each state and territory gets a different amount based on their agreements with the Commonwealth, ranging from roughly $3 million for the ACT to over $122 million for Queensland."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-2-determination-2021/documents"}}