Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 29 of 2008-2009) (Cth)
Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 29 of 2008-2009)
Annual Appropriation Acts
I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Instrument to effect a determination under subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009.
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. 29 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 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a Determination 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.
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 contains a determination that reduces the appropriation item for the agency 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 Determinations which list the agencies to which each Determination applies.
Each agency’s reduction determination table is contained within an individual provision. Each provision provides that the agency 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 agency 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 10(2) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.
1.7 Reductions in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009
Schedule 1 contains reduction determinations for agencies for departmental items appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009.
Schedule 1 Reductions in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2008-2009
(Part 1.7)
ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S PORTFOLIO
[1] Australian Federal Police
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| Agency | Appropriation | Authority | Requested By | Reduction Amount $ |
| Australian Federal Police | Departmental item for the Australian Federal Police in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 | Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 | Minister for Home Affairs | 7,590,087 |
[2] Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| Agency | Appropriation | Authority | Requested By | Reduction Amount $ |
| Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | Departmental item for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 | Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 | Attorney-General | 572,944 |
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS PORTFOLIO
[3] Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| Agency | Appropriation | Authority | Requested By | Reduction Amount $ |
| Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations | Departmental item for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 | Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 | Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations | 40,000,000 |
HUMAN SERVICES PORTFOLIO
[4] Medicare Australia
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| Agency | Appropriation | Authority | Requested By | Reduction Amount $ |
| Medicare Australia | Departmental item for Medicare Australia in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 | Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 | Minister for Human Services | 3,210,000 |
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