{"id":"F2021L01240","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 3) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":102062,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2021L01240-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"## Part 1—Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 3) Determination 2021.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 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```html\n

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\n```\n\n> Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 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\n> the Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Determination of national partnership payments","content":"## Part 2—Determination of national partnership payments\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 September 2021.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Determination of national partnership payments","content":"#### 5 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| Item | State | Determined amount of national partnership payments |\n| ---- | ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $95,960,290.50 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $69,141,333.50 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $98,039,312.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $70,214,162.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $28,559,691.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $12,551,726.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,474,832.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $21,677,897.68 |\n| 9 | Total | $399,619,244.68 |","sortOrder":6}],"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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009—determining specific national partnership payment amounts. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 5 substantive sections)","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","No cross-references beyond the enabling Act","Simple tabular format for payment amounts—no conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward commencement provision (registration date)","Single purpose: authorising specific payment amounts to named recipients"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument is a payment schedule under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 that authorises about $400 million in national partnership payments from the Commonwealth to states and territories. It allocates specific grant amounts—NSW ~$96M, Vic ~$69M, Qld ~$98M, WA ~$70M, SA ~$28.6M, Tas ~$12.6M, ACT ~$3.5M, NT ~$21.7M—so the Commonwealth can lawfully transfer targeted funding for state-delivered projects and services."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the statutory scope of federal financial relations; it implements subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 by specifying the monetary amounts to be paid to each State and Territory (see Part 2 note and section 5). The instrument only allocates sums rather than creating new categories of grant power or altering recipient coverage."},"complexity_factors":["Simple schedule of fixed monetary amounts for eight jurisdictions (Part 2, itemised table in section 5).","Legal basis is a single statutory power (subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; Note to Part 2).","Commemcement and registration mechanics are routine but required (section 2: instrument commences on registration).","Definitions and cross‑references rely on the Act as in force (section 4 refers to the Act for meanings).","Administrative timing: payment proposed for September 2021 (Note 2), requiring treasury processing but no discretionary allocation rules in this instrument.","Document contains an explanatory table footnote clarifying published metadata is not part of the instrument (section 2, column 3 note)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes the exact Commonwealth grant amounts to each State and Territory under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (total $399,619,244.68) as national partnership payments, with payment proposed in September 2021. It directs federal finance agencies to pay the listed sums to state and territory treasuries and creates an administrative obligation to record and process those payments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-3-determination-2021/documents"}}