Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 39 of 2008-2009) (Cth)

Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 39 of 2008-2009)

Annual Appropriation Acts

I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Instrument to effect a determination under subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 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. 39 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 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a determination reducing an administered assets and liabilities item or an other 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 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 contains Determinations which list the agencies to which each Determination applies.  

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 13(2) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.

1.7           Reductions in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009

Schedule 1 contains reduction determinations for agencies for an administered assets and liabilities item and other departmental items appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009.

Schedule 1     Reductions in Appropriation Act
(No. 2) 2008-2009

(Part 1.7)

HEALTH AND AGEING PORTFOLIO

[1]        Department of Health and Ageing

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Agency	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Department of Health and Ageing	Administered assets and liabilities item for the Department of Health and Ageing in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Minister for Health and Ageing	17,492,000

TREASURY PORTFOLIO

[2]        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	Other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009	Subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Treasurer	3,153,000

[3]        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	Other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009	Subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Treasurer	571,000

[4]        Australian Taxation Office

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Agency	Appropriation	Authority	Requested By	Reduction Amount $
Australian Taxation Office	Other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Australian Taxation Office in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009	Subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009	Treasurer	10,035,000