Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 31 of 2008-2009) (Cth)

Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 31 of 2008-2009)

Annual Appropriation Acts

I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Instrument to effect a determination under subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009.

Dated June 22^nd 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. 31 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 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing an administered assets and liabilities item or an other departmental item for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from either the Minister responsible for that agency or the Chief Executive of an agency for which the Finance Minister is responsible.

The provision was included in the Appropriation Acts to enable excess 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

Schedule 1 to the instrument contains 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 either the responsible Minister or agency Chief Executive 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 13(2) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.

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

Schedule 1 contains reduction determinations for agencies for an administered assets and liabilities item and other departmental items appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009.

Schedule 1     Reductions in Appropriation Act
(No. 2) 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	Other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Australian Federal Police in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Minister for Home Affairs	3,944,608

FINANCE AND DEREGULATION PORTFOLIO

[2]        Department of Finance and Deregulation

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Agency	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Department of Finance and Deregulation	Other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Department of Finance and Deregulation in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Secretary, Department of Finance and Deregulation	97,905,709

INNOVATION, INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH PORTFOLIO

[3]        Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Agency	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	Other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) for the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	1,180,000