{"id":"F2020L00584","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No.169 (May 2020)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-169-may-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":100128,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2020L00584-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.169 (May 2020)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No.169 (May 2020)","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.169 (May 2020).","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 21 May 2020","content":"### Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 21 May 2020\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of National Partnership Payments

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

-

South Australia

$9,000,000.00

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

-

Northern Territory

-

Total

$9,000,000.00

\n```\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 21 May 2020 ($)","content":"# Schedule 1: Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 21 May 2020 ($)\n\n| | | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| ------------------------------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ------------ | --- | --- | --- | ------------ |\n| Contingent Payments | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Disaster recovery funding arrangements | x | - | - | - | - | 9,000,000.00 | - | - | - | 9,000,000.00 |\n| Total Contingent Payments National Partnership payments | | - | - | - | - | 9,000,000.00 | - | - | - | 9,000,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Total National Partnership Payments | | - | - | - | - | 9,000,000.00 | - | - | - | 9,000,000.00 |","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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument allocates a specific National Partnership payment to South Australia for disaster recovery; it does not amend or expand the overall scope of the National Partnership Payments framework."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument: one payment to one State (Schedule 1).","Short operative provision that delegates detail to Schedule 1 (s 3).","Uses standard table/schedule format; requires reading Schedule 1 to see amounts and purpose.","Labels payment as a 'Contingent Payment' for 'disaster recovery funding arrangements', which may interact with external contingency rules or administrative arrangements.","No new regulatory or compliance regime created; implementation relies on existing National Partnership administrative processes."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination instructs a one-off Commonwealth payment of $9,000,000 to South Australia for ‘disaster recovery funding arrangements’ under the National Partnership Payments framework and fixes the payment date as 21 May 2020 (s 3; Schedule 1). Mechanically, the Commonwealth provides the funds and the State receives and administers them under the schedule. The instrument records purposes the payments may serve (support delivery, facilitate or reward reforms) but contains no detailed conditional terms."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves exactly its original purpose: authorising a specific National Partnership Payment to a specific state for a specific purpose. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (4 operative sections plus schedule)","No defined terms section — uses plain language","Single purpose: authorising one specific payment","No cross-references to other legislation (except implied reference to Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 framework)","Simple tabular format for payment allocation","No conditional logic or exceptions — payment is absolute once determination made"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises a $9 million National Partnership Payment from the Commonwealth Treasurer to South Australia on 21 May 2020. The payment is a contingent grant under disaster recovery funding arrangements to reimburse or support South Australia’s costs under the national disaster recovery framework.\n\nIt mainly affects South Australia (recipient) and illustrates how Commonwealth funds are used to share disaster-recovery costs with states."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-169-may-2020","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-169-may-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-169-may-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-169-may-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-169-may-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-169-may-2020/documents"}}