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 10(3) of annual Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003‑2004 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing a departmental item.
Under subsection 10(3) 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 10(3) 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) 2002‑2003 be reduced by $652,587.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for Finance in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2002-2003 by the amount of $652,587. |
| 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) 2003‑2004 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) 2003-2004 by the amount of $1,200,000. |
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) 2002‑2003.
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) 2003‑2004.
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. |
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. |