{"id":"F2021L01380","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 4) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441026,"registerId":"F2021L01380-fast-fetch-1775956456866","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. 4) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\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. 4) 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   30 September 2021\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nAssistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing\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. 4) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 October 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 | $57,251,353.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $93,874,725.00 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $151,275,222.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $65,701,743.80 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $16,455,000.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $13,203,332.50 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $1,787,021.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $30,288,129.66 |\n| 9 | Total | $429,836,526.96 |\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 Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: it determines specific payment amounts to states under national partnership agreements. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original legislative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections","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 straightforward payment table","No interpretative difficulties or nested provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay about $430 million in national partnership payments to Australia’s states and territories for 2021–22, specifying the amounts each will receive (largest shares to Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and New South Wales, with smaller amounts to the territories and smaller states).\n\nIt is a payment schedule—not new policy—and legally enables transfers already agreed under national partnership agreements, typically funding shared priorities like health, housing or infrastructure."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No. The instrument only determines payment amounts under the existing statutory scheme (see Part 2 and clause 5). It does not alter the Act, change eligibility, impose new conditions, or expand the program’s scope; it simply allocates funds to States and fixes timing."},"complexity_factors":["Single, short operative provision (clause 5) that lists fixed monetary amounts for each State and a total.","Authority is a straightforward statutory power (clause 3) citing the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; Part 2 note cites subsection 16(1).","Clear commencement clause (clause 2) — instrument commences on registration; timing for payment is stated (proposed October 2021).","No formulas, conditions, eligibility changes, or reporting requirements included — low regulatory interaction and compliance burden.","Monetary amounts specified to cents increase precision but not legal complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the exact dollar amounts the Commonwealth will pay each State as national partnership grants under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. The payments total $429,836,526.96 and are proposed to be made in October 2021. Mechanically it only fixes amounts and commencement; it does not create new eligibility rules or conditions. The Commonwealth decides the payments; States receive the funds and face minimal administrative burden from this instrument."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-2021/documents"}}