Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 34 of 2008-2009) (Cth)
Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 34 of 2008-2009)
Annual Appropriation Acts
I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Determination under subsection 9(2) of the following annual Appropriation Acts:
Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004-2005
Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005-2006
Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007
Appropriation 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. 34 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(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) 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 Chief Executive of an entity for which the Finance Minister is responsible.
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 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 9(2) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.
1.7 Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004-2005
Schedule 1 contains a reduction determination for the Department of Finance and Administration for the departmental item appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004-2005.
1.8 Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005-2006
Schedule 2 contains a reduction determination for the Department of Finance and Administration for the departmental item appropriated by Appropriation Act (No.1) 2005-2006.
1.9 Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007
Schedule 3 contains a reduction determination for the Department of Finance and Administration for the departmental item appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007.
1.10 Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008
Schedule 4 contains a reduction determination for the Department of Finance and Administration for the departmental item appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008.
Schedule 1 Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2004-2005
(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 | Departmental item for the Department of Finance and Administration in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004-2005 | Subsection 9(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004-2005 | Secretary, Department of Finance and Deregulation | 3,031,000 |
Schedule 2 Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2005-2006
(Part 1.8)
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 | Departmental item for the Department of Finance and Administration in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005-2006 | Subsection 9(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005-2006 | Secretary, Department of Finance and Deregulation | 1,200,000 |
Schedule 3 Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2006-2007
(Part 1.9)
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 | Departmental item for the Department of Finance and Administration in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007 | Subsection 9(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007 | Secretary, Department of Finance and Deregulation | 1,200,000 |
Schedule 4 Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2007-2008
(Part 1.10)
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 | Departmental item for the Department of Finance and Administration in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 | Subsection 9(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 | Secretary, Department of Finance and Deregulation | 18,013,513 |
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