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 | 12 May 2009 |
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made
| Subsection 10(2) of annual Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing a departmental item.
A determination made under subsection 10(2) must be in accordance with a written request made to the Finance Minister by the responsible Minister for 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 Australian Customs Service (Customs) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 be reduced by $3,000,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for Customs in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 by the amount of $3,000,000. |
| Schedule 1, Item 2 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 be reduced by $900,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for APSC in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 by the amount of $900,000. |
Background | The Minister for Home Affairs wrote to the Finance Minister on 20 April 2009 requesting a determination to reduce Customs’ departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009.
The requested reduction relates to surplus funding due to a fall in the number of foreign fishers entering Australian waters, reducing costs associated with processing and transportation. |
| The Special Minister of State wrote to the Finance Minister on 17 April 2009 requesting a determination to reduce APSC’s departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009.
The requested reduction relates to lower than anticipated referrals and lower service delivery costs for the Career Transition and Support Centre. |
Notes on the Instrument | The Schedules to the Instrument lists the agencies to which a determination applies. The agencies are listed alphabetically, by portfolio. Each agency’s reduction determination table is contained within an individual provision. Each provision 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, each agency identified in Column 1 of the Instrument was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |