{"id":"F2021L01898","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 8) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-8-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441143,"registerId":"F2021L01898-fast-fetch-1775956524489","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. 8) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: ATT A - NPP Determination - 7 January 2022\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2021-22 Payment No. 8) 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   23 December 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. 8) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 January 2022.\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 | $190,117,701.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $285,716,310.00 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $222,262,821.69 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $142,235,335.50 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $68,341,966.50 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $38,580,802.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $2,504,533.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $180,000.00 |\n| 9 | Total | $949,939,469.69 |\n\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination does not change the statutory scope of Commonwealth financial relations; it simply allocates specified sums to States and Territories under the existing power in subsection 16(1) of the Act (see Part 2, Note 1 and s5)."},"complexity_factors":["Purely administrative: lists fixed dollar amounts to named jurisdictions (Part 2, s5).","No novel legal tests, conditions, or discretion exercised within the instrument.","Depends on external legal framework (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, subsection 16(1)) for authority.","Timing note only (payment proposed January 2022); implementation mechanics handled by existing financial systems."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes specific Commonwealth payment amounts to each State and Territory as national partnership grants, proposing a total payment of $949,939,469.69 in January 2022. It is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and signed by the Assistant Treasurer.\n\nMechanically, the Determination only allocates amounts (Part 2, s5) — it does not itself create new program rules. The Commonwealth pays the listed sums; the named State/Territory governments are the recipients and remain subject to any separate agreement or reporting requirements under the Act."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves exactly its intended purpose under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: to specify particular National Partnership Payment amounts for a specific payment period. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument: only 5 substantive sections","Zero defined terms in section 4 (definitions section merely references the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No cross-references beyond basic authority and commencement provisions","Purpose is purely administrative: authorising specific dollar amounts to named recipients"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises nearly $950 million in federal National Partnership Payments to Australia’s states and territories in January 2022 under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It directs lump-sum transfers (largest shares to Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales) so states can deliver jointly funded services and projects. The instrument formally approves the funding but does not specify the individual programs being paid."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-8-determination-2021","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-8-determination-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-8-determination-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-8-determination-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-8-determination-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2021-22-payment-no-8-determination-2021/documents"}}