Issued by the authority of the Minister for Finance and Deregulation
The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates
| Determination to Amend Reduction of Appropriations Upon Request (No. 1 of 2008-2009) |
Date instrument was made
| 25 November 2008 |
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made
| Subsection 9(1) of annual Appropriation Act (No. 1)
A determination made under subsection 9(1) must be in accordance with a written request made to the Finance Minister by the responsible Minister for the entity. |
Purpose and effect of the instrument
| Schedule 1 of this Instrument revokes a determination made in the Instrument Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 11 of 2007-2008). The effect of this instrument is to revoke the reduction made to the Australia Council’s departmental item in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008. |
| Schedule 2 of this Instrument repeals and substitutes a determination made in the Instrument Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 11 of The effect of this instrument is to decrease the reduction made to the Attorney-General’s Department departmental item in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 by substituting the reduction amount of $1,251,000 with the amount of $797,000. |
Background | The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts wrote to the Finance Minister on 14 October 2008 requesting an amendment to Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 11 of 2007-2008) in which the departmental item in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 for the Australia Council was reduced by $333,000. The original request to reduce this appropriation item was made in error and a reversal of this reduction was requested. |
| The Attorney-General wrote to the Finance Minister on 3 October 2008 requesting an amendment to Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 11 of 2007-2008) in which the departmental item in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 for the Attorney-General’s Department was reduced by $1,251,000. The original request to reduce this appropriation item by $1,251,000 was made in error. The amount that the appropriation item ought to have been reduced by was $797,000, being the net reduction in appropriation from new funding and savings measures. |
Notes on the Instrument | The provision in Schedule 1 of the Instrument provides that the determination made in Schedule 2, item 17 of Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 11 of 2007-2008) is revoked. In accordance with the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the Australia Council was consulted in the preparation of this instrument. |
| The provision in Schedule 2 of the Instrument provides that the determination made in Schedule 2, item 2 of Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 11 of 2007-2008) is amended by removing the figure of $1,251,000 from Column 5 and substituting the figure of $797,000 as per the determination contained in this Instrument. In accordance with the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the Attorney-General’s Department was consulted in the preparation of this instrument. |