{"id":"F2023L01365","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2023-24 Payment No. 4) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-4-determination-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442123,"registerId":"F2023L01365-fast-fetch-1775957219269","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2023-24 Payment No. 4) Determination 2023","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 Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2023-24 Payment No. 4) Determination 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   4 October  2023\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—2023-24 Payment No. 4) Determination 2023.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 2023.\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 | $150,469,749.87 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $29,818,392.87 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $68,439,853.87 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $503,661,503.87 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $20,895,166.87 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $147,921,674.87 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,806,070.87 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $23,208,222.87 |\n| 9 | Total | $948,220,635.96 |\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":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation serves its original and sole purpose: to authorise specific National Partnership Payments to states for 2023-24. It is a routine administrative determination that matches exactly what the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 was designed to facilitate—periodic payment determinations to transfer funds to states."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative provisions across 2 Parts","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the Act'","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering Act","Single purpose: a table of dollar amounts with no substantive policy content","No nested structures or interpretive provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Australian Government to pay about $950 million to the eight states and territories as the fourth round of National Partnership Payments for 2023–24, specifying the amounts (WA largest, ACT smallest). It ensures legal authority for the October 2023 transfers that fund jointly agreed Commonwealth–state projects and services (health, education, infrastructure), enabling those shared programs to proceed."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument applies the authority in subsection 16(1) to determine payment amounts to States (s5) and specifies commencement and definitions (s1–4). It does not amend or expand the statutory scope of the Act or impose new conditions; it solely fixes the quantum and timing (Note 2) of proposed payments."},"complexity_factors":["Simple statutory form: single Part (Part 2) that lists payment amounts (s5)","Legal cross-reference to subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Note 1; s5)","Precise monetary figures for multiple recipients (8 jurisdictions + total) requiring accurate administrative execution","Standard commencement and definition clauses (s1–4) but no policy detail or conditions","Low discretionary content—instrument determines amounts rather than outlining eligibility or complex processes"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes specific dollar amounts to be paid to each State as grants of financial assistance under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, and proposes those payments be made in October 2023 (Note 2; s5). It is made by the Assistant Minister under the Act (s3), sets commencement and definitions, and lists per‑State amounts and a total of $948,220,635.96 (s1–5; s5 table)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-4-determination-2023","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-4-determination-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-4-determination-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-4-determination-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-4-determination-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-4-determination-2023/documents"}}