EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
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 (No. 1 of 2011-2012) |
Date instrument was made | 19 July 2011 |
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made
| Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 and subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) Determinations made under this subsection are legislative instruments and are disallowable. |
Purpose and effect of the instrument
| The purpose of the instrument is to reduce appropriation items that the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has advised the Finance Minister are surplus to the requirements of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC). Schedule 1 determines that the departmental item for DIAC in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 be reduced by $39,616,999. Schedule 2 determines that the departmental item for DIAC in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010 be reduced by $37,763,000. |
Background | The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship wrote to the Finance Minister in a letter received on 4 July 2011 requesting a determination to reduce DIAC’s appropriations. DIAC has a funding model which requires post financial year reconciliation of expenses against funded activity levels. Following DIAC’s funding model reconciliation process, DIAC has determined that it was appropriated $77,379,999 in excess of the activity level that was achieved. |
Notes on the Instrument | The Schedules to the Instrument contain a table listing the affected agency in column 1, the appropriation Act and appropriation item in column 2, which through the request by the responsible Minister in column 3, is reduced by the amount in column 4. In accordance with the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, DIAC was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |