Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Home Affairs Measures No. 2) Regulations 2023 (Cth)

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Home Affairs Measures No. 2) Regulations 2023

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 11 May 2023

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Katy Gallagher

Minister for Finance

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Home Affairs Measures No. 2) Regulations 2023.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	13 May 2023

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997

1. 1

   In the appropriate position in Part 3 of Schedule 1AB (table)

Insert:

67 Grant to Disaster Relief Australia To fund Disaster Relief Australia to increase its capacity to meet State, Territory and local government requests for assistance in responding to and recovering from disasters of national significance, by recruiting, training and equipping volunteers for deployment to disaster affected areas, as a measure that is peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation.

1. 2

   In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)

Insert:

604	National Resource Sharing Centre	To provide funding to the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Limited for the National Resource Sharing Centre, the role of which is to coordinate and facilitate the deployment of resources and assets in preparing for, and responding to, disasters in Australia and overseas. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) with respect to places, persons, matters or things external to Australia, or matters affecting Australia’s relations with foreign countries; or (b) that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation.
605	National Emergency Management Stockpile	To support the development, maintenance and deployment of a National Emergency Management Stockpile of critical disaster response and relief resources to augment State and Territory capabilities to respond to disasters of national significance, as a measure that is peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation.