Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination to Establish Component of the Reserved Money Fund (Australian Greenhouse Office Reserve) (12/05/1998) (Cth)

SECTION 20 OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997

DETERMINATION TO ESTABLISH COMPONENT OF THE RESERVED MONEY FUND

I, Graham Millar, Branch Manager, Financial Framework, pursuant to powers delegated to me by the Finance Chief Executive under section 53 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, determine, for the purposes of section 20 of that Act, that the Australian Greenhouse Office Reserve is established as a component of the Reserved Money Fund.

I further determine that:

(a)  amounts of the following kinds may be transferred from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to this component:

§     all money appropriated by law for the purpose of payment into the component;

§     all money received in consideration for any service, benefit, activity, transaction or other matter which is congruent with the expenditure purposes of the component;

§     all money paid to the Commonwealth by any person for the expenditure purposes of the component; and,

(b) the purposes for which amounts may be debited to the component are:

§     for expenditure for the operations of the Australian Greenhouse Office;

§     for expenditure on programs relating to the Commonwealth's climate change objectives including the following programs:

Cities for Climate Protection    National Carbon Accounting System

Mandatory vehicle labelling    National Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Climate Change Program    National Greenhouse Strategy

Emission Standards for Power Generation   National Greenhouse Research Program

Energy Codes and Standards    Renewable Energy Industry Program

Fuel Ethanol Pilot Plant    Renewable Energy Innovation Investment Fund

Fuel consumption guide for motor               Renewable Energy Showcase

vehicles/promotion of vehicle labelling

Greenhouse Challenge    Renewable energy targets in energy

Bush for Greenhouse    Renewable Energy Technology

Commercialisation Loans and Grants

Household Greenhouse Action   Renewable Energy Technology Internet Site

Light Commercial Vehicles –Compressed   Voluntary industry/company agreements

Natural Gas (CNG) Infrastructure               on fuel efficiency

and other Commonwealth measures related to the National Greenhouse Strategy.

Signed Graham Millar

Graham Millar

Delegate of the Finance Chief Executive

12/5/98