The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates

Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 8 of 2009-2010)

Date instrument was made

4 May 2010

The legislative authority under which the instrument is made

Subsection 10(2) of annual appropriation Acts for ordinary annual services (eg. No. 1 and No. 3) enable the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to make a determination reducing a departmental item.

A determination made under subsection 10(2) must be in accordance with a written request made to the Finance Minister by the responsible Minister for the entity.

A determination made under subsection 10(2) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.

Purpose and effect of the instrument

Schedule 1, Item 1 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 be reduced by $20,000.

The effect of this Instrument is to reduce the departmental item for DBCDE in Schedule 1 of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 by the amount of $20,000.

Background

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy wrote to the Finance Minister on 13 April 2010 requesting a determination to reduce DBCDE’s departmental item under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009.

The appropriation in question was provided for promotional activity related to the Regional Telecommunications Inquiry and is no longer required.

Notes on the Instrument

Schedule 1 to the Instrument contains a table listing the affected agency in column 1, the appropriation Act and appropriation item in column 2, the legislative authority in column 3, which through the request by the responsible Minister in column 4, is reduced by the amount in column 5.

In accordance with the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, DBCDE was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument.