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. 7 of 2010-2011) |
Date instrument was made | 1 February 2011 |
The legislative authority under which the instrument is made
| Subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 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 Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has advised the Minister for Finance and Deregulation is surplus to the requirements of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE). Schedule 1 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010 be reduced by $6,000,000. |
Background | The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy wrote to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation on 11 January 2011 requesting a determination to reduce DBCDE’s departmental item in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010. The reduction in the departmental appropriation represents an unspent amount relating to funds provided for National Broadband Network related activities in 2009-10 which are no longer required. |
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 Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument. |