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 | 22 June 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 administered assets and liabilities item or 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 (Equity Injections) for the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 be reduced by $3,944,608.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for AFP in Schedule 2 of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 by the amount of $3,944,608. |
| Schedule 1, Item 2 of the Instrument determines that the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 be reduced by $97,905,709.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for Finance in Schedule 2 of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 by the amount of $97,905,709. |
| Schedule 1, Item 3 of the Instrument determines that the other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) for the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 be reduced by $1,180,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) for DIISR in Schedule 2 of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 by the amount of $1,180,000. |
Background | The Minister for Home Affairs wrote to the Finance Minister on 28 May 2009 requesting a determination to reduce AFP’s other departmental item (Equity Injections) under Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009.
The requested reduction relates to excess funding requirements for the deployment of AFP personnel to Afghanistan. |
| The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation wrote to the Finance Minister on 29 May 2009 requesting a determination to reduce Finance’s other departmental item (Equity Injections) under Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009.
The requested reduction relates to appropriation no longer required following the sale of the Tuggeranong Office Park on 30 June 2008. |
| The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research wrote to the Finance Minister on 28 May 2009 requesting a determination to reduce DIISR’s other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) under Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009.
The requested reduction relates to unspent funding provided for the Textile, Clothing and Footwear review and the Automotive review. |
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, AFP, Finance and DIISR were consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |