Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 11 of 2010-2011) (Cth)

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Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 11 of 2010-2011)

Annual Appropriation Acts

I, Penelope Ying Yen Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Determination under the following provisions:

  • subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2005-2006;

  • subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008; and

  • subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008-2009.

Dated 29th March 2011

PENELOPE YING YEN WONG

Minister for Finance and Deregulation

Part 1              Preliminary

  1. Name

This Determination is the Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 11 of 2010-2011).

  1. Commencement

This Determination commences on the day on which it is made.

  1. Legislative Authority

(1) Subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2005-2006 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a determination in writing reducing an other departmental item for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that agency.

(2) Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a determination in writing reducing a departmental item for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that agency.

(3) Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008-2009 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a determination in writing reducing a departmental item for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that agency.

(4)   Appropriation reduction provisions are included in the annual Appropriation Acts to enable excess departmental appropriation items, administered assets and liabilities items, and other departmental items to be extinguished.

4              Purpose

This Determination reduces the appropriation items for the agency listed in the Schedules by the amount indicated in Column 4 of each item.

5              Notes

The Schedules contain tables listing the affected agency in column 1, the Appropriation Acts and appropriation items in column 2, which through the request by the responsible Ministers in column 3, are reduced by the amounts in column 4.

6              Disallowance

Determinations made under:

·subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2005-2006;

·subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008; and

·subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008-2009.

are legislative instruments and are disallowable.

7              Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2005-2006

Schedule 1 reduces the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2005-2006.

8              Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008

Schedule 2 reduces the departmental item for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008.

9              Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008-2009

Schedule 3 reduces the departmental item for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008-2009.

Schedule 1     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 4) 2005-2006

(Clause 7)

[1]            FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIO

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Agency

Appropriation

Requested By

Reduction Amount
$

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2005-2006

Minister for Foreign Affairs

544,847

Note 1: See subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2005-2006.

Schedule 2     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 3) 2007-2008

(Clause 8)

[1]            FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIO

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Agency

Appropriation

Requested By

Reduction Amount
$

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Departmental item for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008

Minister for Foreign Affairs

628,209

Note 1: See subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008.

Schedule 3     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 3) 2008-2009

(Clause 9)

[1]            FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIO

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Agency

Appropriation

Requested By

Reduction Amount
$

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Departmental item for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008-2009

Minister for Foreign Affairs

2,808,000

Note 1: See subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008-2009.

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