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to facilitate reforms or to reward those jurisdictions that deliver on nationally significant reforms.
9.             National Partnerships will clearly set out the payment profile in respect of each State.
10.         Where the achievement of pre‑determined milestones or performance benchmarks is required before a payment is made to a State:
(a)          in the case of payments to reward nationally significant reforms, the relevant Commonwealth Minister or delegate will make a determination as to whether the incentive payment will be paid following receipt of a recommendation from the COAG Reform Council as to whether a pre‑determined performance benchmark has been achieved; and
(b)          in the case of payments to facilitate reform and to support the delivery of specified outputs or projects, the relevant Commonwealth Minister or delegate will make a determination, based upon expenditure and performance reporting arrangements set out in the National Partnership, as to whether the facilitation or project payment will be paid.
11.         Where the achievement of a performance benchmark is not required before a payment is made to a State, payments will be scheduled in accordance with the payment profile set out in the National Partnership.

Part 3 — National Partnership Payments

Determination
12.         In accordance with subsection 16(1) of the Act, the amounts specified in Table 1 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;
(b)          facilitate reforms by the States; or
(c)          reward the States for nationally significant reforms.

Table 1: National Partnership payments for payment on 7 July
13.         These amounts will be credited to the COAG Reform Fund before being paid to the States on 7 July.
14.         Schedule 1 to this determination provides further information on these payments.

Drawing rights limits
15.         Subsection 16(3) of the Act provides that the total amount credited to the COAG Reform Fund for the purpose of making National Partnership payments in the financial year starting on 1 July 2014 must not exceed $25,000,000,000.00.
16.         The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts determined in the 2014-15 financial year in respect of National Partnership payments under section 16 of the Act, including this determination.

Table 2: Total cumulative payments of National Partnership payments in 2014-15
17.         The total amount determined for National Partnership payments to date in the 2014-15 financial year does not exceed the general drawing rights limit.

SChedule 1
Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 JULY 2014 ($)