Issued by the authority of the Minister for Finance and Deregulation The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates | Determination to Reduce Administered Appropriations (No. 1 of 2009‑2010) |
Date instrument was made | 28 April 2010 |
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made | Subsections 11(2)(b) of:
and subsection 12(2)(b) of:
enable the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing an administered item, or a State, ACT, NT and local government item, for an agency to the required amount specified in the determination. The provisions were included in the annual Appropriation Acts to allow the Finance Minister to determine that a required amount published in the annual report of an agency is taken to be the required amount specified in the determination. The power in subsection 11(2)(b) and subsection 12(2)(b) ensures that the amount published in an agency annual report for the administered item or the State, ACT, NT and local government item can be changed, if, for example, the amount is erroneous or requires updating after agency annual reports are published. Determinations made under subsections 11(2)(b) and 12(2)(b) are legislative instruments and are disallowable. |
Purpose and effect of the instrument | Schedule 1, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for AGD in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
Schedule 1, Item 2 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia (FMC) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for FMC in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. | |
Schedule 1, Item 3 of the Instrument determines that the administered items for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 are reduced to the required amounts and apply as if the amounts specified in the agency annual report were the required amounts specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered items for DVA in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amounts and apply as if the amounts specified in the agency annual report was the required amounts specified in the determination. | |
| Schedule 1, Item 4 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for DEEWR in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 1, Item 5 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for BoM in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 1, Item 6 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for GBRMPA in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 1, Item 7 of the Instrument determines that the administered items for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 are reduced to the required amounts and apply as if the amounts specified in the agency annual report were the required amounts specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered items for DFAT in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amounts and apply as if the amounts specified in the agency annual report were the required amounts specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 1, Item 8 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for AusAID in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for AusAID in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 1, Item 9 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Department of Health and Ageing (Health) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for Health in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 1, Item 10 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority (AOTDTA) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for AOTDTA in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 1, Item 11 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Australian Research Council (ARC) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for ARC in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 1, Item 12 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor‑General (OOSGG) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for OOSGG in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 1, Item 13 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for ASIC in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 2, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) in Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for DEWHA in Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 3, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FAHCSIA) in Appropriation (Economic Security Strategy) Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for FAHCSIA in Appropriation (Economic Security Strategy) Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 4, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for DVA in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 4, Item 2 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FAHCSIA) in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for FAHCSIA in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 4, Item 3 of the Instrument determines that the administered items for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008‑2009 are reduced to the required amounts and apply as if the amounts specified in the agency annual report were the required amounts specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered items for DFAT in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008‑2009 to the required amounts and apply as if the amounts specified in the agency annual report were the required amounts specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 4, Item 4 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority (AOTDTA) in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for AOTDTA in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 4, Item 5 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for DIAC in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 5, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the administered item for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Appropriation Act (No. 5) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered item for DFAT in Appropriation Act (No. 5) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 6, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the State, ACT, NT and local government item for the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the State, ACT, NT and local government item for AGD in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 6, Item 2 of the Instrument determines that the State, ACT, NT and local government item for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the State, ACT, NT and local government item for DVA in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 6, Item 3 of the Instrument determines that the State, ACT, NT and local government item for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the State, ACT, NT and local government item for DEEWR in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 6, Item 4 of the Instrument determines that the State, ACT, NT and local government item for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the State, ACT, NT and local government item for DEWHA in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 6, Item 5 of the Instrument determines that the State, ACT, NT and local government item for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FAHCSIA) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the State, ACT, NT and local government item for FAHCSIA in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 6, Item 6 of the Instrument determines that the State, ACT, NT and local government items for the Department of Health and Ageing (Health) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 are reduced to the required amounts and apply as if the amounts specified in the agency annual report were the required amounts specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the State, ACT, NT and local government items for Health in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 to the required amounts and apply as if the amounts specified in the agency annual report were the required amounts specified in the determination. |
| Schedule 6, Item 7 of the Instrument determines that the State, ACT, NT and local government item for the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 is reduced to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the State, ACT, NT and local government item for Treasury in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
Background to items in the Schedules | The relevant reference for the Attorney-General’s Department Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 307, Financial Statements, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements as at 30 June 2009, Note 24 Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 24 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amounts were rounded and an incorrect amount was entered for Outcome 1. |
The relevant reference for the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 96, Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements, Note 22 Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 22 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. | |
The relevant reference for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 245, Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 21 Appropriations, Note 21A Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations from Acts 1, 3 and 5 – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as negative numbers were incorrectly recorded in Note 21. | |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 412, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements, Note 23 Appropriations, Note 23A Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations, Table A1: Acquittal of authority to draw cash from the consolidated revenue fund for ordinary annual services appropriations for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as an incorrect amount was entered for this item. |
| The relevant reference for the Bureau of Meteorology’s Annual Report 2008‑2009, is page 176, Financial Statements, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements, Note 21 Appropriations, Note 21A Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as an incorrect amount was entered for this item. |
| The relevant reference for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s Annual Report 2008‑2009, is page 120, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the period ending 30 June 2009, Note 13 Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 13 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 389, Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 26 Appropriations, Note 26A Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as negative and rounded numbers were incorrectly recorded in Note 26. |
| The relevant reference for AusAID’s Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 263, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 21 Appropriations, Note 21A Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 21 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Health and Ageing’s Annual Report 2008‑2009, is page 387, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the period ended 30 June 2009, Note 23 Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as an incorrect amount was entered for this item. |
| The relevant reference for the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority’s Annual Report 2008‑2009, is page 104, Financial Statements for the period ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the period ended 30 June 2009, Note 18: Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as an incorrect amount was entered for this item. |
| The relevant reference for the Australian Research Council’s Annual Report 2008‑2009, is page 171, Financial Statements for the period ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements, Note 22: Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 22 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. |
| The relevant reference for the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor‑General’s Annual Report 2008‑2009, is page 111, Financial Statements, Note 23 Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as a negative number was incorrectly recorded in Note 23. |
| The relevant reference for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Annual Report 2008‑2009, is page 129, Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 28 Appropriations, Note 28A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, Ordinary annual services appropriation – Administered expenses – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as an incorrect amount was entered for this item. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts’ Annual Report 2008‑2009, is page 404, Financial Statements for the period ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements, Note 23 Appropriations, Note 23A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 23 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Annual Report 2008-2009 is: page 448, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 25 Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 25 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 245, Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 21 Appropriations, Note 21A Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations from Acts 1, 3 and 5 – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as negative numbers were incorrectly recorded in Note 21. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Annual Report 2008-2009 is: page 448, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 25 Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 25 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 389, Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 26 Appropriations, Note 26A Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as rounded, negative numbers were incorrectly recorded in Note 26. |
| The relevant reference for the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority’s Annual Report 2008‑2009, is page 104, Financial Statements for the period ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the period ended 30 June 2009, Note 18 Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as an incorrect amount was entered for this item. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship’s Annual Report 2008‑2009, is page 326, Financial Statements for the period ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements, Note 23 Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 23 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 389, Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 26 Appropriations, Note 26A Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as rounded, negative numbers were incorrectly recorded in Note 26. |
| The relevant reference for the Attorney-General’s Department Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 308, Financial Statements, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements as at 30 June 2009, Note 24 Appropriations, Table B: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Other than Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 24 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amounts were rounded. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 247, Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 21 Appropriations, Note 21B Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations from Acts 2, 4 and 6 – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as negative numbers were incorrectly recorded in Note 21. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 412, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements, Note 23 Appropriations, Note 23B Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Other than Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations, Table B1 acquittal of authority to draw cash from the consolidated revenue fund for other than ordinary annual services appropriations for the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as an incorrect amount was entered for this item. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts Annual Report 2008-2009 is: page 405, Financial Statements for the period ended 30 June 2009, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements, Note 23 Appropriations, Note 23B: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Other than Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 23 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Annual Report 2008-2009 is: page 450, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 25 Appropriations, Table B: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Other than Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 25 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of Health and Ageing’s Annual Report 2008‑2009, is page 395, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the period ended 30 June 2009, Note 23 Appropriations, Table B: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Other than Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items. The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 23 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. |
| The relevant reference for the Department of the Treasury Annual Report 2008-2009 is: page 238, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009, Note 25 Appropriations, Note 25B: Acquittal of authority to draw cash from the consolidated revenue fund for other than ordinary annual services appropriations – Reduction in Administered Items The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 25 did not include the ‘Reduction in administered items’ section in accordance with the ‘Finance Minister’s Orders’ in that the amount was rounded. |
Notes on the Instrument | The Schedules contain reduction determinations for agencies under the relevant Appropriation Acts to which the determination applies. Each table provides the relevant agency, appropriation item and outcome number contained in the relevant annual Appropriation Act in column 1, under the legislative authority in column 2, the amount appropriated by Parliament against that appropriation item and outcome in column 3, the amount required by the agency against that appropriation item and outcome in column 4, and the amount reduced in column 5. The amount required by the agency in column 4 is the amount that is taken to be the specified amount required for the appropriation item for the purposes of the agency’s annual report. In accordance with the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the Attorney-General’s Department, Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Bureau of Meteorology, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, AusAID, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Australian Research Council, Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor‑General, Department of the Treasury and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, were consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |