Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 33 of 2008-2009) (Cth)
Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 33 of 2008-2009)
Annual Appropriation Acts
I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Instrument to effect a determination under subsection 11(2) of annual Appropriation Act (No. 2) 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. 33 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 11(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 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 entity, by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Chief Executive of an entity 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 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 entity Chief Executive 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 11(2) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.
1.7 Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007-2008
Schedule 1 contains a reduction determination for the Department of Finance and Administration for an other departmental item (Equity Injections) appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007‑2008.
Schedule 1 Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 2) 2007-2008
(Part 1.7)
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION PORTFOLIO
[1] Department of Finance and Administration
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| Entity | Appropriation | Authority | Requested By | Reduction Amount $ |
| Department of Finance and Administration | Other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Department of Finance and Administration in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 | Subsection 11(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 | Secretary, Department of Finance and Deregulation | 14,645,589 |
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