{"id":"F2018L00347","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 131 (March 2018)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-131-march-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":99932,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L00347-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Federal Financial Relations (National Pa","sectionType":"part","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 131 (March 2018)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 131 (March 2018)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Name of determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Name of determination","content":"### Name of determination\n\n    This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 131 (March 2018).","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Commencement","sectionType":"division","heading":"Commencement","content":"### Commencement\n\n    2. This determination commences on the day on which it is made.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Determination","content":"### Determination\n\n    3. The amounts specified in the following table are to be paid to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance to:\n    (a) support the delivery by the States of specified outputs or projects specified in Schedule 1;\n    (b) facilitate the reforms by the States specified in Schedule 1; or\n    (c) reward the States for the nationally significant reforms specified in  \n    Schedule 1.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Table 1: National Partnership Payments f","sectionType":"division","heading":"Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 March 2018","content":"### Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 March 2018\n\n    ![](image.001.png)\n\n    4. Schedule 1 to this determination provides further information on these payments.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"SChedule 1","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"# SChedule 1\n\n## Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 MARCH 2018 ($)\n\n![](image.002.png)","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments","sectionType":"part","heading":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 MARCH 2018 ($)","content":"## Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 MARCH 2018 ($)\n\n![](image.002.png)","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"The substantive content of this legislation — specifically the payment amounts and the details of what projects/reforms are being funded in Schedule 1 — is missing from the provided text. The document contains only placeholder image references (image.001.png, image.002.png) where the actual table of payments and schedule details should appear. Without the tabular data, this is an incomplete fragment that cannot be properly analysed for its legal effect, beneficiaries, or policy significance.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves its original narrow purpose: authorising a specific tranche of National Partnership Payments for a single payment date. It has not expanded beyond the standard template for such determinations under the Federal Financial Relations framework."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document — only 4 operative sections plus schedule","Minimal defined terms (only standard references to 'States' and 'Schedule 1')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond implied framework of Federal Financial Relations Act 2009","Simple conditional structure: flat table of payments with three enumerated purposes","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested logic","Substantive content (the actual payment amounts and project details) appears to be in image/attachment form not rendered in text, making the legislative text itself extremely skeletal"],"plain_english_summary":"This funding determination authorises specific National Partnership Payments from the Commonwealth to state and territory governments on 7 March 2018. The grants fund delivery of agreed projects and services, support state-led reforms, and reward completed national reform milestones.\n\nIt affects state and territory governments (recipients), Australian taxpayers (funders), and citizens who benefit from the projects; Schedule 1 (not shown) specifies the exact amounts and projects."},"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":"The instrument sets out payment amounts, recipients and purposes for 7 March 2018. The text does not indicate any change to the scope of existing federal-state financial relations or amend prior instruments; it simply specifies payments and refers to Schedule 1 for further detail."},"complexity_factors":["Small number of operative clauses (Commencement s2; Determination s3) keeps legal structure simple.","s3 identifies payer (Commonwealth) and recipients (States) and three purposes: support delivery, facilitate reforms, reward reforms — clarifies who pays and why.","Amounts, recipients and project/output detail are contained in Table 1 and Schedule 1, so reading requires cross-referencing the schedules.","Payment timing is fixed (payment on 7 March 2018), reducing temporal ambiguity.","Key substantive detail is presented as tables/images (image.001.png, image.002.png), which may impede machine-readability or quick extraction of figures.","Limited textual conditions or eligibility criteria in the body mean implementation relies on Schedule 1 and existing administrative processes, creating modest administrative/compliance workload for States."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination directs the Commonwealth to pay specified sums to named States on 7 March 2018 so the States can fund particular outputs, projects or reforms. It affects state governments (as recipients) and the Commonwealth (as payer), and matters because it allocates federal funds for those activities and creates the payment and administrative framework for delivering and reporting on them."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-131-march-2018","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-131-march-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-131-march-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-131-march-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-131-march-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-131-march-2018/documents"}}