EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
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 2010-2011) |
Date instrument was made | 20 January 2011 |
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made
| Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009‑2010 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a determination reducing a departmental item for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that agency. Determinations made under subsection 10(2) are legislative instruments and are disallowable. |
Purpose and effect of the instrument
| The purpose of the instrument is to reduce the appropriation item that the Minister for Human Services has advised the Minister for Finance and Deregulation is surplus to the requirements of the Department of Human Services (DHS). Schedule 1 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Department of Human Services in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009‑2010 be reduced by $8,740,098.38. |
Background | The Minister for Human Services wrote to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation on 3 December 2010 requesting a determination to reduce DHS’s departmental item in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010. The reduction in the departmental appropriation represents an unspent amount relating to the Compensation for Detriment caused by Defective Administration – Delayed Use of Taxable Income for Child Support Assessments measure and an agreement with the Government to offset additional administered appropriation provided for the Income Management Card. |
Notes on the Instrument | The Schedule to the Instrument contains a table listing the affected agency in column 1, the appropriation Act and appropriation item in column 2, which through the request by the responsible Minister in column 3, is reduced by the amount in column 4. In accordance with the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the Department of Human Services was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |