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. 7 of 2008-2009) |
Date instrument was made
| 23 October 2008 |
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made
| Subsection 11(1) of annual Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2)
A determination made under subsection 11(1) must be in accordance with a written request made to the Finance Minister by the responsible Minister for the entity. |
Purpose and effect of the instrument
| Schedule 1, Item 1 of the instrument determines that the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for Indigenous Business Australia in Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 be reduced by $7,494,000. The effect of this instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Equity Injections) appropriation item for Indigenous Business Australia in Schedule 2 of Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 by the amount of $7,494,000. |
| Schedule 1, Item 2 of the instrument determines that the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for Centrelink in Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 be reduced by $11,723,027. The effect of this instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Equity Injections) appropriation item for Centrelink in Schedule 2 of Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) |
| Schedule 1, Item 3 of the instrument determines that the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) The effect of this instrument is to reduce the other departmental item (Equity Injections) appropriation item for the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in Schedule 2 of Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 by the amount of $132,000. |
Background | The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs wrote to the Finance Minister on 25 September 2008 requesting a determination to reduce Indigenous Business Australia’s other departmental item (Equity Injections) under Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007-2008. The request was made due to underspends in Northern Territory Emergency Response initiatives. |
| The Minister for Human Services wrote to the Finance Minister on 23 September 2008 requesting a determination to reduce Centrelink’s other departmental item (Equity Injections) under Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007-2008. The request was made due to underspends in Northern Territory Emergency Response initiatives. |
| The Special Minister of State wrote to the Finance Minister on 22 September 2008 requesting a determination to reduce the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s other departmental item (Equity Injections) under Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Act (No. 2) 2007-2008. The request was made due to underspends in Northern Territory Emergency Response initiatives. |
Notes on the Instrument | Schedule 1 to the instrument contains the Determinations which list the entities to which each Determination applies. 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 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. |