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 9(1) of annual Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007‑2008 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing a departmental item.
A determination made under subsection 9(1) must be in accordance with a written request made to the Finance Minister by the responsible Minister for the entity.
A determination made under subsection 9(1) 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 Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 be reduced by $229,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for DBCDE in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 by the amount of $229,000. |
| Schedule 1, Item 2 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for Medicare Australia (Medicare) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 be reduced by $168,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for Medicare in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 by the amount of $168,000. |
Background | The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy wrote to the Finance Minister on 22 April 2009 requesting a determination to reduce DBCDE’s departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008.
The requested reduction relates to unspent advertising appropriation provided to DBCDE for a range of programs. |
| The Minister for Human Services wrote to the Finance Minister on 21 April 2009 requesting a determination to reduce Medicare’s departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008.
The requested reduction relates to unspent advertising appropriation provided to Medicare for a range of programs. |
Notes on the Instrument | Schedule 1 to the instrument contains the Determination which lists the entity to which the Determination applies.
Each entity’s reduction determination table is contained within an individual provision. Each provision provides that the entity 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, DBCDE and Medicare were consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |