The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates | Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2010/24 – Section 32 (Transfer of functions from DEEWR to AUSTRADE) | |
Date instrument was made | 4 November 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 certain officials within Finance. | |
Purpose and effect of the instrument | Schedule 1 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010 to transfer $614,957.64 of the total for the Departmenal Outputs item from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) to the total for the Departmental Outputs item to the Australian Trade Commission (AUSTRADE). The effect of this schedule is to transfer appropriations relating to the international promotion of Australia's education and training sectors function from DEEWR to AUSTRADE within the same Act. | |
Background | Functions relating to the international promotion of Australia's education and training sectors were transferred from DEEWR to AUSTRADE due to a Government decision with effect from 1 July 2010. | |
Notes on the Instrument | In accordance with Part 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, DEEWR and AUSTRADE were consulted in the preparation of this instrument. This Determination is a legislative instrument for the purposes of section 5 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. | |