Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 36 of 2008-2009) (Cth)

Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 36 of 2008-2009)

Annual Appropriation Acts

I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Determination under subsection 9(1) of the following annual Appropriation Acts:

Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004-2005

Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008

Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008

Dated 25 June 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. 36 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(1) of Appropriation Acts (No. 1) and (No. 3) enable the Minister for Finance and Deregulation 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 Minister responsible for that entity.

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 responsible Minister 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(1) 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 Professional Services Review for the departmental item appropriated by Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2004‑2005.

1.8           Reductions in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008

Schedule 2 contains reduction determinations for entities for departmental items appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007‑2008.

1.9           Reductions in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008

Schedule 3 contains reduction determinations for entities for departmental items appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007‑2008.

Schedule 1     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2004-2005

(Part 1.7)

HEALTH AND AGEING PORTFOLIO

[1]        Professional Services Review

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Entity	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Professional Services Review	Departmental item for the Professional Services Review in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004-2005	Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004-2005	Minister for Health and Ageing	37,000

Schedule 2     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2007-2008

(Part 1.8)

TREASURY PORTFOLIO

[1]        Australian Securities and Investments Commission           

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Entity	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Australian Securities and Investments Commission	Departmental item for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008	Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008	Treasurer	1,150,000

[2]        Australian Taxation Office   

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Entity	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Australian Taxation Office	Departmental item for the Australian Taxation Office in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008	Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008	Treasurer	2,802,000

Schedule 3Reductions in Appropriation Act
(No. 3) 2007-2008

(Part 1.9)

TREASURY PORTFOLIO

[1]        Australian Bureau of Statistics        

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Entity	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Australian Bureau of Statistics	Departmental item for the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008	Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008	Treasurer	1,485,000

[2]        Australian Securities and Investments Commission           

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Entity	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Australian Securities and Investments Commission	Departmental item for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008	Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2007-2008	Treasurer	607,000