Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 17 of 2010-2011) (Cth)

Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 17 of 2010-2011)

Annual Appropriation Acts

I, Penelope Ying Yen Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Determination under subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 and subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010.

Dated 7^th June 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. 17 of 2010-2011).

2              Commencement

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

3              Legislative Authority

(1) Subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a written determination reducing the other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) 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) 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.

(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              Reductions in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009

Schedule 1 reduces the other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) for the Australian Public Service Commission in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009.

8              Reductions in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010

Schedule 2 reduces the departmental item for the Australian Public Service Commission in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010.

Schedule 1     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 2) 2008-2009

(Clause 7)

[1]       PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET PORTFOLIO

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Agency	Appropriation	Requested by	Reduction Amount $
Australian Public Service Commission	Other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) for the Australian Public Service Commission in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Special Minister of State	52,000

Note 1: See subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009.

Schedule 2     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2009-2010

(Clause 8)

[1]       PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET PORTFOLIO

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Agency	Appropriation	Requested by	Reduction Amount $
Australian Public Service Commission	Departmental item for the Australian Public Service Commission in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010	Special Minister of State	175,000

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