Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 15 of 2008-2009) (Cth)

Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 15 of 2008-2009)

Annual Appropriation Acts

I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Instrument to effect a determination under subsection 12(2) of annual Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2003-2004.

Dated 19^th January 2009

LINDSAY TANNER

Minister for Finance and Deregulation

Part 1        Preliminary

1.1           Name of Determination

This Instrument is the Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 15 of 2008-2009).

1.2           Commencement

This Determination commences the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI).

1.3           The Legislative Authority under which the Instrument is made

Subsection 12(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2003-2004 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a Determination reducing an administered assets and liabilities item in a prior years Appropriation Act, listed in subsection 12(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2003-2004, for an entity, by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that entity.

The provision was included in the Appropriation Acts to enable excess appropriation items to be extinguished.

1.4           Purpose of the Instrument

The instrument contains a determination that reduces the appropriation item for the entity listed in Schedule 1 by the amount indicated in Column 5 of the provision.

1.5           Notes on the Instrument

Schedule 1 to the Instrument contains the Determination which lists the entity to which the Determination applies.

The entity’s reduction determination table is contained within an individual provision. The provision provides that the entity in column 1, has the appropriation item in column 2, under the legislative authority in column 3, through the request by the responsible Minister in Column 4, reduced, by the amount in column 5.

The instrument reflects entity and portfolio names contained in the Appropriation Acts under which reductions are made, noting that these may have subsequently been changed by, for example, machinery of government changes.

1.6           Disallowance

A Determination made under subsection 12(2) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.

1.7           Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2003-2004

Schedule 1 contains a reduction determination for the Department of Education, Science and Training for the administered assets and liabilities item appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2003-2004.

Schedule 1     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 2) 2003-2004

(Part 1.7)

EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TRAINING PORTFOLIO

[1]        Department of Education, Science and Training

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Entity	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Department of Education, Science and Training	Administered assets and liabilities item for the Department of Education, Science and Training in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2003-2004	Subsection 12(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2003-2004	Minister for Education; Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; Minister for Social Inclusion	490,000