Determination to Reduce Appropriation Upon Request (No. 5 of 2007-2008) (Cth)

DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UPON REQUEST

I, the Hon. Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, pursuant to the legislative provision listed in column 3 below, hereby reduce the appropriation in column 1 for the entity in column 2 in response to the request made by the Minister in column 4 by the amount listed in column 6.

Column 1	Column 2	Column3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Appropriation	Entity	Authority	Requested by	Date of Request	$
Departmental item for Medicare Australia in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004-2005	Medicare Australia1	Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004-2005	Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig Minister for Human Services	1 April 2008	61,165
Departmental item for Medicare Australia in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005-2006	Medicare Australia1	Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005-2006	Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig Minister for Human Services	1 April 2008	95,000
Departmental item for Medicare Australia in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007	Medicare Australia	Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007	Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig Minister for Human Services	1 April 2008	34,000

1. Schedule 2, Part 3 of the Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2005, provides that for the purposes of an Appropriation Act, references to the Health Insurance Commission are to be read as references to Medicare Australia.

LINDSAY TANNER

19 April 2008                             No. 5 of 2007-2008