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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.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 131 (March 2018).
This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 131 (March 2018).
2. This determination commences on the day on which it is made.
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:
(a) support the delivery by the States of specified outputs or projects specified in Schedule 1;
(b) facilitate the reforms by the States specified in Schedule 1; or
(c) reward the States for the nationally significant reforms specified in
Schedule 1.

4. Schedule 1 to this determination provides further information on these payments.
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This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 131 (March 2018).
2. This determination commences on the day on which it is made.
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:
(a) support the delivery by the States of specified outputs or projects specified in Schedule 1;
(b) facilitate the reforms by the States specified in Schedule 1; or
(c) reward the States for the nationally significant reforms specified in
Schedule 1.

4. Schedule 1 to this determination provides further information on these payments.