{"id":"F2018L01442","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 139 (October 2018)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-139-october-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":98126,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L01442-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. 139 (OCTOBER 2018)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 139 (OCTOBER 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. 139 (October 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 8 October 2018","content":"### Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 8 October 2018\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nSchedule 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 8 OCTOBER 2018 ($)\n\n![](image.002.png)","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments","sectionType":"part","heading":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 8 OCTOBER 2018 ($)","content":"## Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 8 OCTOBER 2018 ($)\n\n![](image.002.png)","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"The provided text is a fragment with corrupted formatting (repeated headings, broken structure) and critically lacks the actual payment data — the tables containing which states receive what amounts are referenced as embedded images (image.001.png, image.002.png) that are not included in the text. Without the Schedule 1 details showing the specific amounts, states, and purposes, the substantive content of the determination is missing.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves its original narrow purpose: authorising a specific tranche of National Partnership Payments on a specific date. It has not expanded beyond this transactional function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 3 operative clauses plus a schedule","No defined terms section; key concepts (\"outputs\", \"reforms\", \"nationally significant reforms\") rely on ordinary meaning or external National Partnership Agreements","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the implicit Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 framework","Simple tabular structure for payment amounts, though actual figures are embedded in images and not machine-readable","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions — payments are unconditional once the determination is made"],"plain_english_summary":"This funding determination authorises Commonwealth National Partnership Payments to specified states on 8 October 2018 to fund agreed projects and services, support state-led reforms, and pay rewards for major reforms that benefit the nation. It affects state and territory governments (payment recipients), taxpayers (funding source) and citizens (through funded services), and matters because these payments are conditional—tied to specified uses and results rather than being general revenue."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument itself specifies payment amounts, recipient States and the purposes (supporting specified outputs/projects, facilitating reforms, or rewarding reforms) (s3; Table 1; Schedule 1). It contains no text indicating a change in the scope of covered activities beyond those listed in Schedule 1."},"complexity_factors":["Reliance on Schedule 1 for operative detail (purposes, outputs, projects, reforms) rather than in-body text (s3; Schedule 1).","Amounts and recipient allocations are contained in Table 1 and Schedule 1, which are provided as embedded tables/images (Table 1; Schedule 1) — increases parsing and implementation effort.","Single fixed payment date specified (payment on 8 October 2018 in Table 1) concentrates timing risk and administrative coordination.","Commencement is immediate on making (cl.2), reducing lead time for administrative arrangements.","Text sets payment directions (\"are to be paid\") but delegates project-specific conditions to the schedules, creating multiple document linkage points for compliance.","Absence of in-line definitions or elaborate procedural detail in the main clauses means implementers must consult schedules and possibly other instruments to determine obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination directs the Commonwealth to pay specified sums to the States listed in Table 1 and Schedule 1 on 8 October 2018 to fund particular projects, support delivery of specified outputs, facilitate State reforms, or reward nationally significant reforms (s3; Table 1; Schedule 1). It commences on the day it is made (cl.2). The Commonwealth is the payer; the named States are recipients; the precise obligations and conditions attach to the outputs, projects and reform requirements set out in Schedule 1."},"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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