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 (No. 5 of 2008-2009) |
Date instrument was made
| 23 October 2008 |
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 either the responsible Minister for the Agency, or if the Finance Minister is responsible for the Agency, the Chief Executive of the Agency. |
Purpose and effect of the instrument
| The instrument determines that the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Department of Health and Ageing (Health) in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 be reduced by $683,000. The effect of this instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Equity Injections) appropriation item for Health in Schedule 2 of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009 by the amount of $683,000. |
Background | The Minister for Health and Ageing wrote to the Finance Minister on 24 September 2008 requesting a determination to reduce the Department of Health and Ageing’s other departmental item (Equity Injections) under Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2008-2009. The request was made following approval for amounts for the measure titled Strengthening National Security – enhancing Australia’s approach to Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Security to be appropriated as ‘Departmental Outputs’ rather than ‘Equity Injections’. This change was designed to more appropriately reflect the use of these funds as departmental expenses rather than capital expenditure. |
Notes on the Instrument | Schedule 1 to the instrument contains the Determination which 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 responsible Minister in column 4, reduced by the amount in column 5. In accordance with the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, Health was consulted in the preparation of this instrument. |