Determination to Reduce Administered Appropriations (No. 2 of 2011-2012)

The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates

Determination to Reduce Administered Appropriations
(No. 2 of 2011‑2012)

Date instrument was made

21 May 2012

The legislative authority under which the instrument is made

Subsection 11(2)(b) of:

• Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011; and
• Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2010-2011;

enables 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 agencies 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) 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) are legislative instruments and are disallowable.

Purpose and effect of the instrument

This Determination reduces the relevant appropriation items to the revised required amounts specified, for the agencies listed in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2. The revised required amount listed in column 4 of each item applies as if it is the amount specified in the relevant agency’s annual report.

Background to items in the Schedules

The requirement for this determination is to correct amounts in the Annual Reports as specified below.

The relevant reference for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Annual Report 2010‑2011 is: Financial Statements, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements as at 30 June 2011, Note 25 Appropriations, Table D Reduction in Administered Items.

The relevant reference for the Attorney General’s Department Annual Report 2010‑2011 is: Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements, Note 24 Appropriations, Table E: Reduction in Administered Items.

The relevant reference for the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Annual Report 2010‑2011 is: Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements, Note 23 Appropriations, Table C: Reduction in Administered Items.

The relevant reference for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Annual Report 2010‑2011 is: Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Table E Reduction in Administered Items.

The relevant reference for the Department of Finance and Deregulation Annual Report 2010‑2011 is: Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Note 28E Reduction in Administered Items.

The relevant reference for the Department of Health and Ageing Annual Report 2010‑2011 is: Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Note 24E Reduction in Administered Items.

The relevant reference for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2010‑2011 is: Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Note 25 Table D: Reduction in Administered Items.

The relevant reference for Old Parliament House Annual Report 2010‑2011 is: Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Note 21 Table D: Reduction in Administered Items.

The relevant reference for Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities Annual Report 2010‑2011 is: Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011, Note 24 Table E: Reduction in Administered Items.

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 agencies concerned were consulted in the prepration of this instrument.

Human Rights Statement

This determination reduces appropriated amounts from Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011 and Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2010-2011.

This determination does not engage any of the applicable rights or freedoms outlined in the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny)
Act 2011.

This determination is compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or declared in the international instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 as it does not raise any human rights issues.