Issued by the authority of the Minister for Finance and Deregulation
The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates | Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request |
Date instrument was made | 05 October 2009 |
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made
| Subsection 9(1) of annual Appropriation Acts (No. 1) and (No. 3) enable the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing a departmental item.
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.
A determination made under subsection 9(1) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable. |
Purpose and effect of the instrument
| Schedule 1, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006-2007 be reduced by $803,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for DFAT in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006-2007 by the amount of $803,000. |
Background | The Minister for Foreign Affairs wrote to the Finance Minister on 10 September 2009 requesting a determination to reduce DFAT’s departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006-2007.
The requested reduction relates to the duplication of appropriation provided for the 2006-07 Australia-Japan Foundation function that transferred to DFAT. |
Notes on the Instrument | Schedule 1 to the Instrument contains the Determination which provides that the entity in column 1, has the appropriation item in column 2, under the legislative authority in column 3, through the request by the responsible Minister in Column 4, reduced, by the amount in column 5.
In accordance with the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, DFAT was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |