Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 11 of 2011-2012) (Cth)

Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 11 of 2011-2012)

Annual Appropriation Acts

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

· subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010; and

·   subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011.

Dated 11^th May 2012

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 2011-2012).

2              Commencement

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

3              Legislative Authority

(1) Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a written determination reducing the 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 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a written determination reducing the 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)   The 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 item for the agency listed in the Schedule by the amount indicated in Column 4.

5              Notes

The Schedule contains a table listing the affected agency in column 1, the Appropriation Act and appropriation item in column 2, which through the request by the responsible Minister in column 3, is reduced by the amount in column 4.

6              Disallowance

This determination is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.

7              Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010

Schedule 1 reduces the departmental item for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010.

8              Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011

Schedule 1 reduces the other departmental item for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011.       

Schedule 1     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2009-2010

(Clause 7)

[1]       DEFENCE PORTFOLIO

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Agency	Appropriation	Requested by	Reduction Amount $
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Departmental item for Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010	Minister for Foreign Affairs	52,270,253

See subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010.

Schedule 2     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2010-2011

(Clause 8)

[1]       DEFENCE PORTFOLIO

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Agency	Appropriation	Requested by	Reduction Amount $
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Departmental item for Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011	Minister for Foreign Affairs	13,576,013

See subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011.