Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 9 of 2007-2008) (Cth)
Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 9 of 2007-2008)
Annual Appropriation Acts
I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Determination under subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-2004.
Dated 24 June 2008
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. 9 of 2007-2008).
1.2 Commencement
This Determination commences on 30 June 2008.
1.3 The Legislative Authority under which the Instrument is made
Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-2004 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a Determination reducing a departmental item in a prior years Appropriation Act, listed in subsection 10(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-2004, 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 10(2) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.
1.7 Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1999-2000
Schedule 1 contains a reduction determination for an entity for a departmental item appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1999-2000.
1.8 Reductions in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2001-2002
Schedule 2 contains reduction determinations for entities for departmental items appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2001-2002.
1.9 Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2002-2003
Schedule 3 contains a reduction determination for an entity for a departmental item appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2002-2003.
1.10 Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2003-2004
Schedule 4 contains a reduction determination for an entity for a departmental item appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2003-2004.
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Schedule 1 Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 1999-2000
(Part 1.7)
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO
[1] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| Entity | Appropriation | Authority | Requested By | Reduction Amount $ |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | Departmental item for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1999-2000 | Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-2004 | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 182,000 |
Schedule 2 Reductions in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2001-2002
(Part 1.8)
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY PORTFOLIO
[1] Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
| Entity | Appropriation | Authority | Requested By | Reduction Amount $ |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | Departmental item for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2001-2002 | Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-2004 | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 2,470,000 |
HEALTH AND AGED CARE PORTFOLIO
[2] 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) 2001-2002 | Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-2004 | Minister for Health and Ageing | 2,500,000 |
Schedule 3 Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2002-2003
(Part 1.9)
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) 2002-2003 | Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-2004 | Minister for Health and Ageing | 2,000,000 |
Schedule 4 Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 1) 2003-2004
(Part 1.10)
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) 2003-2004 | Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-2004 | Minister for Health and Ageing | 500,000 |
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