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 June 2009 |
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made
| Subsection 10(2) of annual Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing a departmental item.
Under subsection 10(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 10(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 Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 be reduced by $14,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for ARPANSA in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 by the amount of $14,000. |
| Schedule 1, Item 2 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 be reduced by $16,623,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for DIISR in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 by the amount of $16,623,000. |
| Schedule 1, Item 3 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 be reduced by $1,189,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for ABS in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 by the amount of $1,189,000. |
| Schedule 1, Item 4 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 be reduced by $156,000. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for ASIC in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 by the amount of $156,000. |
| Schedule 1, Item 5 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 be reduced by $5,529,000. The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for ATO in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 by the amount of $5,529,000. |
Background | The Minister for Health and Ageing wrote to the Finance Minister on 19 June 2009 requesting a determination to reduce ARPANSA’s departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009.
The requested reduction relates to a reduction in supplementation for interest earnings. |
| The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research wrote to the Finance Minister on 28 May 2009 requesting a determination to reduce DIISR’s departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009.
The requested reduction relates to unspent funding provided for: 1. Enterprise Connect Innovation Centres Program; 2. Marketing expenditure for the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Vehicles Scheme; 3. Budget measure ‘Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism - supplementary departmental funding’; and 4. Australian Business Number and Business Names Registration measure. |
| The Treasurer wrote to the Finance Minister on 18 June 2009 requesting determinations to reduce ABS’s, ASIC’s and ATO’s departmental items under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008‑2009.
The requested reductions relate to the re-allocation of appropriations provided for the Standard Business Reporting measure and the Australian Business Number and Business Names Registration measure. |
Notes on the Instrument | Schedule 1 to the Instrument contains the Determinations which provide 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, ARPANSA, DIISR, ABS, ASIC and ATO were consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |