Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 35 of 2008-2009) (Cth)

Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 35 of 2008-2009)

Annual Appropriation Acts

I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Instrument to effect a determination under subsection 10(3) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003‑2004.

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. 35 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(3) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-2004 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 10(3) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.

1.7           Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2002-2003

Schedule 1 contains a reduction determination for the Department of Finance and Administration for the departmental item appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2002-2003.

1.8           Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2003-2004

Schedule 2 contains a reduction determination for the Department of Finance and Administration for the departmental item appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2003-2004.

Schedule 1     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2002-2003

(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) 2002-2003	Subsection 10(3) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-2004	Secretary, Department of Finance and Deregulation	652,587

Schedule 2     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2003-2004

(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) 2003‑2004	Subsection 10(3) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-2004	Secretary, Department of Finance and Deregulation	1,200,000