The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates

Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 9 of 2010-2011)

Date instrument was made

18 March 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 written 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 Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister has advised the Minister for Finance and Deregulation is surplus to the requirements of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C).

Schedule 1 of the Instrument determines that the departmental item for PM&C in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010 be reduced by $329,989.00.

Background

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister wrote to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation on 18 February 2011 requesting a determination to reduce PM&C’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 the Pacific Islands Forum 2009 in 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 the Prime Minister and Cabinet was consulted in the preparation of this Instrument.