The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates

Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 18 of 2010-2011)

Date instrument was made

7 June 2011

The legislative authority under which the instrument is made

Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011 and Subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2010-2011 enable the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing a departmental item or an other departmental item for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that agency.

Determinations made under these subsections are legislative instruments and are disallowable.

Purpose and effect of the instrument

The purpose of the instrument is to reduce appropriation items that the Special Minister of State has advised the Finance Minister are surplus to the requirements of Australian Public Service Commission (APSC).

Schedule 1 determines that the departmental item for the APSC in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011 be reduced by $8,167,000.

Schedule 2 determines that the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the APSC in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2010-2011 be reduced by $3,333,000.

Background

The Special Minister of State wrote to the Finance Minister on 23 May 2011 requesting a determination to reduce the APSC’s appropriations. The reductions represent excess appropriations which are no longer required.

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, the APSC was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument.