Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 28 of 2008-2009) (Cth)
Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 28 of 2008-2009)
Annual Appropriation Acts
I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Determination under subsection 9(1) of the following annual Appropriation Acts:
Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006-2007
Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008
Appropriation (Drought and Equine Influenza Assistance) Act (No. 1) 2007-2008
Dated June 22nd 2009
LINDSAY TANNER
Minister for Finance and Deregulation
Part 1 Preliminary
1.1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 28 of 2008-2009).
1.2 Commencement
This Determination commences on 30 June 2009.
1.3 The Legislative Authority under which the Instrument is made
Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Acts (No. 1) and (No. 3) enable the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a Determination reducing a departmental item 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 departmental appropriation items to be extinguished.
1.4 Purpose of the Instrument
The instrument determines that the appropriation items for the entities listed in the Schedules are reduced by the amounts indicated in Column 5 of each provision.
1.5 Notes on the Instrument
The Schedules to the instrument list the entities to which a determination applies. The entities are listed alphabetically, by portfolio.
Each entity’s reduction determination table is contained within an individual provision. Each 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 9(1) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.
1.7 Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006-2007
Schedule 1 contains a reduction determination for the Office of Workplace Services for the departmental item appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006-2007.
1.8 Reductions in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008
Schedule 2 contains reduction determinations for entities for departmental items appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008.
1.9 Reduction in Appropriation (Drought and Equine Influenza Assistance) Act (No. 1) 2007-2008
Schedule 3 contains a reduction determination for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry for the departmental item appropriated by Appropriation (Drought and Equine Influenza Assistance) Act (No. 1) 2007-2008.
Schedule 1 Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 3) 2006-2007
(Part 1.7)
EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS PORTFOLIO
[1] Office of Workplace Services
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| Entity | Appropriation | Authority | Requested By | Reduction Amount $ |
| Office of Workplace Services | Departmental item for the Office of Workplace Services in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006-2007 | Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006-2007 | Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations | 7,154,000 |
Schedule 2Reductions in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008
(Part 1.8)
ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S PORTFOLIO
[1] Australian Federal Police
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| Entity | Appropriation | Authority | Requested By | Reduction Amount $ |
| Australian Federal Police | Departmental item for the Australian Federal Police in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 | Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 | Minister for Home Affairs | 3,888,005 |
EDUCATON, SCIENCE AND TRAINING PORTFOLIO
[2] Australian Institute of Marine Science
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| Entity | Appropriation | Authority | Requested By | Reduction Amount $ |
| Australian Institute of Marine Science | Departmental item for the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 | Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 | Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | 15,000 |
Schedule 3Reduction in Appropriation (Drought and Equine Influenza Assistance) Act (No. 1) 2007-2008
(Part 1.9)
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO
[1] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| Entity | Appropriation | Authority | Requested By | Reduction Amount $ |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | Departmental item for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in Appropriation (Drought and Equine Influenza Assistance) Act (No. 1) 2007‑2008 | Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation (Drought and Equine Influenza Assistance) Act (No. 1) 2007‑2008 | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 3,000 |
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