PArt 2National Specific purpose payments

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:425.2pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.02pt; vertical-align:top"><h1 id="navPoint_1" style="margin-bottom:3pt"><span>Federal Financial Relations </span><span>(NATIONAL SPECIFIC PURPOSE</span><span> PAYMENTS) DETERMINATION 201</span><span>5-16</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:425.2pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="SingleParagraph" style="margin-top:12pt; font-size:11pt"><span>I, </span><span>SCOTT JOHN MORRISON</span><span>, </span><span>Treasurer</span><span>, make this Determination under </span><span>Part</span><span> </span><span>3</span><span> of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:52.3pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:425.2pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:209.75pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="SingleParagraph" style="margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:11pt"><span style="width:198pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; text-decoration:underline; display:inline-block"></span></p><p class="SingleParagraph" style="margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:11pt"><span>SCOTT JOHN MORRISON</span></p></td><td style="width:209.75pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; font-size:11pt"><br><span>Dated</span><span>:</span><span> 2</span><span> </span><span>September</span><span> 201</span><span>6</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:425.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding:1.02pt 2.85pt 1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="SingleParagraph" style="font-size:11pt"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

Part 1 — preliminary

Name of Determination

This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (National Specific Purpose Payments) Determination 2015\-16.

Commencement

2. This determination commences on the day on which this determination is made.

Definitions

3. The following definitions are used throughout this determination:

Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.

PArt 2 — National Specific purpose payments

National specific purpose payment for disability services

4. In accordance with subsection 13(4) of the Act, the indexation applied to the disability services national specific purpose payment will be a rolling five year average of nominal Gross Domestic Product year-on-year growth.
5. For the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(c) of the Act, the 2015-16 total amount for the disability services national specific purpose payment adjusted in accordance with 13(4) of the Act is $1,438,826,480.90.
6. In accordance with subsection 13(5) of the Act, the amounts specified in Table 1 are to be paid, for the 2015\-16 financial year, to the States specified in that table for the purpose of expenditure on disability services.