{"id":"F2019L00470","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 146 (March 2019)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-146-march-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":99069,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2019L00470-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. 146 (March 2019)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 146 (March 2019)","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. 146 (March 2019).","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 2019","content":"### Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 March 2019\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":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 March 2019 ($)","content":"# SChedule 1: Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 March 2019 ($)\n\n![](image.002.png)","sortOrder":5}],"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination specifies amounts and recipients for National Partnership Payments within the existing Federal Financial Relations framework; it does not amend the framework’s eligibility or legal rules but allocates funds and ties them to listed outputs or reforms (see s3; Table 1; Schedule 1)."},"complexity_factors":["Core allocation language is concise but depends on external schedules (Table 1 and Schedule 1) for operational detail (see Table 1; Schedule 1).","Multiple distinct purposes for payments—support delivery, facilitate reforms, reward reforms—require different monitoring and verification approaches (s3).","Instrument commences immediately on making, limiting preparatory time for administrative adjustments (s2).","Eligibility and conditionality are referenced to Schedule 1 rather than set out in-body, increasing interpretive and compliance effort (s3; Schedule 1).","Administrative implementation requires reconciling tabular allocations with grant-payment and reporting systems (Table 1; Schedule 1)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination directs the Commonwealth to pay specified sums to particular States as grants to support delivery of listed outputs or projects, to facilitate specified state reforms, or to reward nationally significant reforms. Detailed amounts and recipients are recorded in Table 1 and Schedule 1.\n\nIt takes effect on the day it is made and requires States to undertake the listed outputs or reforms to receive the payments (see ss 2–3)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be a routine administrative determination made under the established Federal Financial Relations framework. It operates exactly as intended: authorising specific National Partnership Payments on a specific date. There is no indication of scope creep beyond the original purpose of the enabling legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document — only 4 substantive sections plus schedule heading","Zero defined terms in the legislative text itself","No cross-references to other legislation (except implied reference to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 framework)","Simple conditional structure — just a table lookup with three enumerated purposes","Straightforward administrative mechanism: table specifies who gets paid, when, and Schedule 1 (not provided in text) presumably specifies what the money is for","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This funding determination authorises Commonwealth National Partnership Payments to specified states and territories on 7 March 2019 to support delivery of services/projects, facilitate agreed reforms, and reward completion of major national reforms. It affects state and territory governments (payment recipients), Australian taxpayers (funder), and citizens who benefit from the funded outputs. The payments are conditional on delivering outputs or reforms; specific dollar amounts and recipient details are contained in image tables not visible here."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-146-march-2019","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-146-march-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-146-march-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-146-march-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-146-march-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-146-march-2019/documents"}}