{"id":"F2024L00141","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2023-24 Payment No. 8) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-8-determination-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442267,"registerId":"F2024L00141-fast-fetch-1775957321903","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. 8) Determination 2024","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. 8) Determination 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   1 February 2024\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. 8) Determination 2024.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 February 2024.\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 | $250,995,119.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $41,595,110.11 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $145,786,753.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $232,648,609.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $56,293,884.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $22,671,144.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $2,452,095.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $40,754,166.42 |\n| 9 | Total | $793,196,880.53 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: it determines specific payment amounts to states. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions","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 allocating fixed dollar amounts","No delegated legislative powers or procedural requirements","Purpose-built, single-use instrument with no ongoing regulatory scheme"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay about $793 million in national partnership payments to Australia’s states and territories, allocating funding for state-delivered projects and services. It’s the legal determination that unlocks these grants so the money can be paid — scheduled for February 2024 — and is the eighth such payment determination for the 2023–24 financial year."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination does not change the statutory scope of national partnership payments under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; it applies the Act’s authority to specify payment amounts and commencement for 2023–24 (Note 1; Section 3; Section 5)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, numeric scope — the instrument only lists fixed payment amounts by State (Section 5, table).","Legal cross-references — the determination is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and refers to subsection 16(1) of that Act (Note 1; Section 3), requiring consult of the primary Act for legal effect.","Definitions linked to the Legislation Act 2003 — expressions adopt meanings from the Federal Financial Relations Act as provided by paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act (Section 4).","Commencement formalities — the whole instrument takes effect on registration (Section 2), so timing and retrospective effect require attention.","Administrative timing — payments are proposed for February 2024 (Note 2), creating a clear but time‑sensitive delivery obligation.","Limited operational detail — the instrument specifies amounts and purpose (grant of financial assistance) but does not set program conditions, accountability arrangements or payment mechanics, so implementers must rely on the Act and existing administrative processes (Section 5; Note 1).","Low ministerial discretion within this instrument — amounts are fixed, leaving little room for adjustment in this Determination (Section 5).","Precision of amounts (cents) increases accounting and reconciliation requirements for Treasury and state agencies (Section 5, table)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs the Commonwealth to pay A$793,196,880.53 to Australian states and territories as 2023–24 national partnership payments, listing a fixed dollar amount for each jurisdiction. It is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, commences on registration, and the payments are proposed to be made in February 2024."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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