Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 20 of 2008-2009)

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The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates	Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 20 of 2008-2009)
Date instrument was made	25 March 2009
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made	Subsection 13(2) of annual Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing an other departmental item. Under subsection 13(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 13(2) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.
Purpose and effect of the instrument	Schedule 1, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 be reduced by $219,309.00. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) for PM&C in Schedule 2 of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 by the amount of $219,309.00.
Background	The Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister wrote to the Finance Minister on 11 March 2009 requesting a determination to reduce PM&C’s other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) under Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009. The requested reduction relates to unspent appropriation associated with the Australia 2020 Summit.
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, PM&C was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument.

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