{"id":"F2019L00676","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 148 (May 2019)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-148-may-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":99289,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2019L00676-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. 148 (may 2019)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 148 (may 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. 148 (May 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 May 2019","content":"### Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 May 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 MAY 2019 ($)","content":"# SChedule 1: Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 MAY 2019 ($)\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n![](image.003.png)","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument sets specific payments and purposes for 7 May 2019 and does not indicate any change to scope from a prior version within the text provided; it confines its effect to the amounts, recipients and purposes listed in Table 1 and Schedule 1."},"complexity_factors":["Relies on Schedule 1 for the substantive details of projects, reforms and eligibility (cl 3; Schedule 1).","Payment amounts and recipient list are provided in a table and embedded images, requiring extraction to interpret exact figures (Table 1; Schedule 1 images).","Minimal procedural text: the determination does not set out compliance, reporting or enforcement mechanisms within the clauses shown (limited clauses).","Immediate commencement on making creates short implementation lead-time (cl 2).","Cross-references between clause 3, Table 1 and Schedule 1 mean legal effect depends on reading all parts together.","Centralised decision on amounts and purposes—Commonwealth discretion in payment direction—while execution depends on state delivery of specified outputs (cl 3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination directs the Commonwealth to pay specified sums to listed States on 7 May 2019 to fund grants for particular projects, reforms or rewards described in Schedule 1 (cl 3; Table 1; Schedule 1). It affects State governments as recipients: the Commonwealth decides the amounts and purposes, payments commence on the day made (cl 2), and states must deliver the outputs or reforms set out in Schedule 1 to receive the grant."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"The provided text is incomplete — critical content (Tables 1 and Schedule 1 containing the actual payment amounts, recipient states, and project details) is represented only by placeholder image references [![](image.001.png), etc.] without the underlying data. Without the tabular data, this is essentially a shell document that cannot be meaningfully analysed for substance.","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":["Very short instrument (approximately 300 words of substantive text)","Only 3 operative sections plus a schedule","No defined terms section — uses plain language like 'States' and 'outputs'","Simple conditional structure: 'amounts specified in the table are to be paid'","Cross-references only to Schedule 1 (which contains the actual payment details in table format)","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested conditions","Standard boilerplate commencement provision"],"plain_english_summary":"This funding determination authorises Commonwealth National Partnership Payments to specific states and territories on 7 May 2019 to support delivery of projects and services, facilitate agreed reforms, and reward completion of major national reforms. It affects state and territory governments (recipients), Australian taxpayers (funders), and citizens who benefit from the funded work. It’s a legal mechanism that links federal revenue to state-delivered services and national priorities."},"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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