Federal Financial Relations (National Specific Purpose Payments) Determination 2013-14 No. 1 (Cth)

Federal Financial Relations (NATIONAL SPECIFIC PURPOSE PAYMENTS) DETERMINATION 2013-14 No. 1 I, JOSEPH BENEDICT HOCKEY, Treasurer, make this Determination under Part 3 of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

JOSEPH BENEDICT HOCKEY Dated: 2 March 2015

Part 1 — preliminary

Name of Determination 1. This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (National Specific Purpose Payments) Determination 2013-14 No. 1.

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 schools 4. In accordance with subsection 11(4) of the Act, the indexation factor applied to the government schools national specific purpose payment from the previous financial year is the product of:  growth in average government schools recurrent cost; and  growth in full-time equivalent enrolments in government schools. 5. For the purposes of paragraph 11(2)(c) of the Act, the 2013-14 total amount for the government schools national specific purpose payment indexed in accordance with 11(4) of the Act is $2,080,341,884.98. 6. In accordance with subsection 11(5) of the Act, the amounts specified in Table 1 are to be paid for the 2013-14 financial year to the States specified in that table for the purpose of expenditure on schools.

Table 1: National specific purpose payment for schools, 2013-14