Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2010/07 – Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from DEWHA to DCCEE)

The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates

FMA Act Determination 2010/07 – Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from DEWHA to DCCEE)

Date instrument was made

30 April 2010

The legislative authority under which the instrument is made

Subsection 32(2) of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act) enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Finance Minister) to determine that one or more Schedules to one or more Appropriation Acts are amended in relation to the transfer of a function from one agency to another.

Under section 62 of the FMA Act the Finance Minister has delegated this power to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance). Under section 53 of the FMA Act, the Secretary of Finance has delegated this power to officials within Finance.

Purpose and effect of the instrument

Schedule 1 of this Instrument amends the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 to transfer an amount of $750,815.45 of the departmental item for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) to the departmental item for the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE). The effect of this schedule is to:

• reduce the departmental item in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 for DEWHA and increase the departmental item in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 for DCCEE.

Schedule 2 of this Instrument amends the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010 to transfer an amount of $541,000.00 of the departmental item for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) to the departmental item for the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE). The effect of this schedule is to:

• reduce the departmental item in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010 for DEWHA and increase the departmental item in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010 for DCCEE.

Purpose and effect of the instrument continued

Schedule 3 of this Instrument amends the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2009-2010 to transfer an amount of $50,000.00 of the other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) to Equity Injections for the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE). The effect of this schedule is to:

• reduce the Equity Injections item in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2009-2010 for DEWHA and increase the Equity Injections item in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2009-2010 for DCCEE.

Background

The Administrative Arrangements Order dated 3 December 2007 transferred climate change functions from the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts to the Department of Climate Change.  Due to the reorganisation of government functions, the Department of Climate Change was later renamed the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.

This Determination transfers appropriations for the climate change function, from DEWHA to DCCEE.

Notes on the Instrument

In accordance with the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, DEWHA and DCCEE were consulted in the preparation of this instrument.

This Determination is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.