{"id":"F2022L01280","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2022-23 Payment No. 4) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441547,"registerId":"F2022L01280-fast-fetch-1775956822562","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2022-23 Payment No. 4) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2022-23 Payment No. 4) Determination 2022\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   29 September  2022\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\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\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2022-23 Payment No. 4) Determination 2022.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 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 | $66,772,427.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $194,743,122.00 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $116,625,786.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $53,072,238.50 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $56,881,634.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $10,011,568.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $9,493,570.29 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $22,089,862.03 |\n| 9 | Total | $529,690,207.82 |\n\n\n \n\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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument serves its original narrow purpose exactly as intended. It is a routine administrative determination made under section 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to authorise specific national partnership payments. There is no scope creep; it does precisely what the parent Act contemplates and nothing more."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative provisions across 2 Parts","Minimal defined terms: only 'the Act' is explicitly defined; otherwise relies on definitions from the parent Act","No conditional logic or exceptions: straightforward tabular determination of fixed amounts","No cross-references beyond basic authority and commencement provisions","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a simple table of amounts","Purpose-built instrument: designed to do one thing only (authorise specific payments)"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay $529,690,207.82 in national partnership payments to Australia’s states and territories in October 2022, with Victoria receiving the largest share. \n\nIt is the formal legal authority (Payment No. 4 for 2022–23 under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009) enabling federal funds to flow to state-delivered services and projects."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of the Federal Financial Relations framework. It is a routine financial allocation made under subsection 16(1) of the Act that specifies payment amounts for 2022–23 Payment No. 4 (s5 and Part 2 notes); it does not alter program eligibility, policy settings or the legal framework governing national partnerships."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward allocation table listing fixed amounts by State and a total (see itemised table in s5).","Made under the Federal Financial Relations Act; definitions and legal effect depend on that Act (s3; s4 note referencing paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003).","Note that the determination is made under subsection 16(1) of the Act (Note 1 to Part 2), which frames this as an exercise of statutory payment power rather than a policy-making instrument.","Commencement and timing are explicit but simple: the instrument commences on registration and payments are proposed for October 2022 (s2; Note 2).","Low substantive discretion in the instrument itself: it fixes dollar amounts rather than setting conditions or eligibility (s5).","Administrative precision required: multiple jurisdictional amounts (including cents) create accounting and payment-processing tasks for Commonwealth and State financial officers.","Minimal compliance burden on third parties — primary obligations fall to government finance agencies to effect and record the transfers."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination sets out the Commonwealth’s national-partnership payments for 2022–23 Payment No. 4, allocating a total of $529,690,207.82 across states and territories with fixed dollar amounts for each jurisdiction. It was made by the Assistant Minister under the Federal Financial Relations Act and proposes payment in October 2022. It affects state budgets by transferring funds; mechanically it is an administrative allocation (no new eligibility rules or program changes are created by this instrument)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-2022","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2022-23-payment-no-4-determination-2022/documents"}}