Direction under section 32, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 – Adjustments of Appropriations on Change of Agency Functions (No. 2 of 2007-2008) (Cth)

DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997

Context:           

On 28 May 2007, a decision was made to transfer the Office of the Employment Advocate function from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations to the Workplace Authority.  The Workplace Authority was established on 1 July 2007, following the passing of the Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Act.  This instrument commences on date of registration, effective on 2 July 2007.

I, Brett Kaufmann, Acting Division Manager, Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division, Department of Finance and Administration, sub-delegate of the Minister for Finance and Administration under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (‘the FMA Act’), issue the following direction under section 32 of the FMA Act:

That the appropriation items listed in column 1 of the following table in the amounts listed in column 4 be transferred from the 'old agency' listed in column 2 to the 'new agency' listed in column 3.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Appropriation Item	Old Agency	New Agency	$
Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 Departmental Item - Departmental Outputs	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	Workplace Authority	84,400,000
Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007 Departmental Item - Departmental Outputs	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	Workplace Authority	1,050,000
Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 Other Departmental Item - Equity Injections	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	Workplace Authority	350,000

Brett Kaufmann

Acting Division Manager

Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division

Department of Finance and Administration

2 July 2007                                       No. 2 of 2007-2008