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 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 administered assets and liabilities item for the Department of Health and Ageing (Health) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 be reduced by $17,492,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the administered assets and liabilities item for Health in Schedule 2 of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 by the amount of $17,492,000. |
| Schedule 1, Item 2 of the Instrument determines that the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 be reduced by $3,153,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for ABS in Schedule 2 of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 by the amount of $3,153,000. |
| Schedule 1, Item 3 of the Instrument determines that the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 be reduced by $571,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for ASIC in Schedule 2 of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 by the amount of $571,000. |
| Schedule 1, Item 4 of the Instrument determines that the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009 be reduced by $10,035,000.
The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for ATO in Schedule 2 of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 by the amount of $10,035,000. |
Background | The Minister for Health and Ageing wrote to the Finance Minister on 19 June 2009 requesting a determination to reduce Health’s administered assets and liabilities item under Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008‑2009.
The requested reduction relates to funding no longer required due to: 1. Funds re-allocated from capital funds originally for the purchase of P2 respirators to operational funding for storage costs; and 2. An offset for the Bernie Banton measure. |
| The Treasurer wrote to the Finance Minister on 18 June 2009 requesting determinations to reduce ABS’s, ASIC’s and ATO’s other departmental items (Equity Injections) under Appropriation Act (No. 2) 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, Health, ABS, ASIC and ATO were consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |