Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 25 of 2008-2009)

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The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates	Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 25 of 2008-2009)
Date instrument was made	12 May 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 Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 be reduced by $296,000. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) for APSC in Schedule 2 of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 by the amount of $296,000.
Background	The Special Minister of State wrote to the Finance Minister on 17 April 2009 requesting a determination to reduce APSC’s other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) under Appropriation Act (No. 2) 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	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, APSC was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument.

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