Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 37 of 2008-2009) (Cth)

Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 37 of 2008-2009)

Annual Appropriation Acts

I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Instrument to effect a determination under subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009.

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. 37 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(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a Determination reducing a departmental item for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that agency.

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 contains determinations that reduce the appropriation items for the agencies listed in Schedule 1 by the amounts indicated in Column 5 of each provision.

1.5           Notes on the Instrument

Schedule 1 to the instrument lists the agencies to which a Determination applies.  The agencies are listed alphabetically, by portfolio.

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 the responsible Minister 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 10(2) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.

1.7           Reductions in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009

Schedule 1 contains reduction determinations for agencies for departmental items appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009.      

Schedule 1     Reductions in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2008-2009

(Part 1.7)

HEALTH AND AGEING PORTFOLIO

[1]        Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Agency	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency	Departmental item for the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009	Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009	Minister for Health and Ageing	14,000

INNOVATION, INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH PORTFOLIO

[2]        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	Departmental item for the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009	Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009	Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research	16,623,000

TREASURY PORTFOLIO

[3]        Australian Bureau of Statistics

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Agency	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Australian Bureau of Statistics	Departmental item for the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009	Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009	Treasurer	1,189,000

[4]        Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Agency	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) 2008‑2009	Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009	Treasurer	156,000

[5]        Australian Taxation Office

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Agency	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Australian Taxation Office	Departmental item for the Australian Taxation Office in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009	Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009	Treasurer	5,529,000