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 | 25 May 2009 |
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made
| Subsection 11(1) of annual Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007‑2008 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing an administered assets and liabilities item or an other departmental item for an entity.
A determination made under subsection 11(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 11(1) 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 (Equity Injections) for the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) in Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 be reduced by $324,674.80.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for ACC in Schedule 2 of Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 by the amount of $324,674.80. |
Background | The Minister for Home Affairs wrote to the Finance Minister on 8 May 2009 requesting a determination to reduce ACC’s other departmental item (Equity Injections) under Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007‑2008.
The request was made due to underspends in Northern Territory Emergency Response initiatives. |
Notes on the Instrument | Schedule 1 to the Instrument contains the Determination which 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, ACC was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |