Advance to the Finance Minister – section 15 of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 (No. 4 of 2008-2009) (Cth)

ADVANCE TO THE FINANCE MINISTER – SECTION 15 OF APPROPRIATION ACT (No. 2) 2008-2009

I, the Hon. Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, being satisfied of the matters set out in subsection 15(1) of Appropriation

Act (No. 2) 2008-2009, hereby determine pursuant to subsection 15(2) of that Act, that Schedule 2 of that Act be taken to be amended with the amendment of the appropriation item listed in Column 1, for the Agency listed in Column 2, to be increased by the amount listed in Column 3 as follows:

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Appropriation Item	Agency	Amount
$
Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government	206,500,247
State, ACT, NT and local government item, Outcome 3

I note that the additional amount is provided to enable payments to local governments through the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program.

Lindsay Tanner

23 February 2009   No. 4 of 2008-2009