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. 2 of 2009‑2010) |
Date instrument was made | 23 June 2010 |
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made | Subsection 11(2)(b) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing an administered item to the required amount specified in the determination. The provision was 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) ensures that the amount published in an agency annual report for the administered item can be changed, if, for example, the amount is erroneous or requires updating after agency annual reports are published. Determinations made under subsection 11(2)(b) are legislative instruments and are disallowable. |
Purpose and effect of the instrument | The Instrument determines that the administered item for the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 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 NHMRC in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 to the required amount and applies as if the amount specified in the agency’s annual report was the required amount specified in the determination. |
Background to items in the Schedules | The relevant reference for the NHMRC’s Annual Report 2008‑2009 is: page 214, Financial Statements, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements as at 30 June 2009, Note 22: Appropriations, Table A: Acquittal of Authority to Draw Cash from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for Ordinary Annual Services Appropriations – Administered appropriations reduced (non CAC) (Appropriation Act s 11). The requirement for this determination is to correct the Annual Report, as Note 22 did not state the correct amount. |
Notes on the Instrument | The Schedule contains a reduction determination for NHMRC under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009. The 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, NHMRC were consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |