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 9(2) of annual Appropriation Act (No. 1) enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing a departmental item.
Under subsection 9(2) such a determination must be in accordance with a written request made to the Finance Minister by the Chief Executive of an entity for which the Finance Minister is responsible.
A determination made under subsection 9(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 Department of Finance and Administration (Finance) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004‑2005 be reduced by $3,031,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for Finance in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004-2005 by the amount of $3,031,000. |
| Schedule 2, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Department of Finance and Administration (Finance) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005‑2006 be reduced by $1,200,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for Finance in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005-2006 by the amount of $1,200,000. |
| Schedule 3, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Department of Finance and Administration (Finance) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006‑2007 be reduced by $1,200,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for Finance in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007 by the amount of $1,200,000. |
| Schedule 4, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Department of Finance and Administration (Finance) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007‑2008 be reduced by $18,013,513.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for Finance in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 by the amount of $18,013,513. |
Background | 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 departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2004‑2005.
The requested reduction relates to depreciation funding for Christmas Island no longer required following the transfer of ownership of this asset to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. |
| 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 departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2005‑2006.
The requested reduction relates to depreciation funding for Christmas Island no longer required following the transfer of ownership of this asset to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. |
| 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 departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006‑2007.
The requested reduction relates to depreciation funding for Christmas Island no longer required following the transfer of ownership of this asset to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. |
| 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 departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007‑2008.
The requested reduction relates to funding no longer required due to: 1. Depreciation funding for Christmas Island no longer required following the transfer of ownership of this asset to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. 2. Unspent funding from the Telstra 3 sale project. 3. Funding no longer required following the decision not to proceed with the purchase of land for the Darwin Commonwealth Law Courts facility pending further consultation with relevant stakeholders. |
Notes on the Instrument | The Schedules to the Instrument list the entities to which a determination applies. The entities are listed alphabetically, by portfolio.
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 entity Chief Executive in Column 4, reduced, by the amount in column 5.
In accordance with the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, Finance was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |