{"id":"F2021L01515","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 5) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-5-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441054,"registerId":"F2021L01515-fast-fetch-1775956474942","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. 5) 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![Commonwealth crest of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 5) 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 November 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..........................2\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. 5) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 November 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 | $189,168,713.40 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $149,173,746.40 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $127,592,062.90 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $146,118,850.40 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $41,122,942.70 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $14,284,291.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $10,488,615.70 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $39,739,528.32 |\n| 9 | Total | $717,688,750.82 |\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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument confines itself to determining payment amounts to named States and Territories under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s5). It does not amend the Act, alter eligibility criteria, or expand the statutory scope of national partnership arrangements; it records timing and commencement but does not change the underlying program scope."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose, short instrument consisting mainly of a table of monetary amounts (s5).","Clear legal authority: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3/Authority).","Commencement is straightforward — the instrument takes effect on registration (s2).","Payment timing is specified but simple: proposed payment in November 2021 (Part 2 note).","No complex definitions or procedural regimes; only one defined cross-reference to subsection 16(1) of the Act (Note 1 and s5).","Monetary precision requires accurate Treasury accounting and payment processing but does not add legal complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets fixed national partnership payment amounts totalling $717,688,750.82 to each State and Territory for 2021–22 (Payment No. 5). It takes effect on registration and proposes payment in November 2021. Mechanically, the Assistant Treasurer, relying on the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, specifies the Commonwealth grant amounts to be paid to States under subsection 16(1). The instrument determines who receives funds and how much; it does not, in itself, create new eligibility rules or program conditions in the text."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: it determines specific payment amounts to states and territories. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose of making financial assistance grants."},"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 to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a simple table with 8 data rows","No amendments, schedules, or explanatory material embedded in the text"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay over $717 million to Australia’s states and territories as national partnership payments for 2021–22, allocating agreed grants under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. \n\nIt does not create new policy—it's a payment schedule enabling pre‑agreed Commonwealth–state funding (for example, health, education or infrastructure); without it those transfers could not be lawfully made."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-5-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-5-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-5-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-5-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-5-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-5-determination-2021/documents"}}