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 10(2) of annual Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008‑2009 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing a departmental item.
Under subsection 10(1) such a determination must be in accordance with a written request made to the Finance Minister by the responsible Minister for the agency, or if the Finance Minister is responsible for the agency, the Chief Executive of the agency.
A determination made under subsection 10(2) 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) 2008-2009 be reduced by $5,116,056.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for DFAT in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008-2009 by the amount of $5,116,056. |
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) 2008‑2009.
The requested reduction relates to an excess in appropriation for passport services. |
Notes on the Instrument | Schedule 1 to the Instrument contains the Determination which provides that the agency 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. |