{"id":"F2021L01577","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 6) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-6-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441069,"registerId":"F2021L01577-fast-fetch-1775956483118","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. 6) 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 of Australia Crest](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 6) 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  17 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\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. 6) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 | $- |\n| 2 | Victoria | $2,969,300,000.00 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $- |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $- |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $- |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $2,969,300,000.00 |\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":"This determination does not alter the scope of programs or eligibility under the Federal Financial Relations Act; it only sets an amount to be paid to Victoria (s5) and the proposed payment timing (Note to Part 2). Any change to scope would require amendment to the underlying Act or separate instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Single-line financial allocation: the core action is a single monetary determination to Victoria (s5 table).","Legal dependency on the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 for authority and meanings (s3; s4 refers to the Act), requiring cross-reference to understand purpose and conditions.","Instrument does not specify program conditions, reporting, or eligibility—those details sit in the Act or related agreements (s5 references subsection 16(1) of the Act).","Simple commencement and formalities are handled in one clause (s2), reducing procedural complexity.","Administrative action implied (payment timing noted in Part 2) but implementation details are not set out here (Note to Part 2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Assistant Treasurer under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see s3 and s5), approves a one-off national partnership payment of $2,969,300,000 to the State of Victoria, with the payment proposed in November 2021 (see Note to Part 2). It instructs the Commonwealth to grant that amount to Victoria; other States receive no payment under this instrument."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument serves exactly its intended purpose: making a specific national partnership payment determination under section 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (only 5 substantive provisions)","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the Act'","No conditional logic or exceptions","Single operational provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward table","No cross-references beyond basic authority and commencement provisions","Purpose is purely administrative: authorising a single payment amount to a single recipient"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short legal instrument that authorises a specific federal payment to Victoria. The Assistant Treasurer has determined that **$2,969,300,000 (just under $3 billion)** should be paid to Victoria as a \"national partnership payment\" — a type of grant from the Commonwealth to state governments. These payments are made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, which governs how the federal government gives money to states for specific purposes. No other states are receiving payments under this particular determination. The money is proposed to be paid in November 2021."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-6-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-6-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-6-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-6-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-6-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-6-determination-2021/documents"}}