The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates | Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2010/36 – Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from DPMC to DOIT) | |
Date instrument was made | 26 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 the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011 to transfer $611,000 of the Departmental item for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) to the Departmental item of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (DITRDLG). The effect of this schedule is to transfer appropriations relating to the Commonwealth Co-ordinator General from DPMC to DITRDLG within the same Act. | |
Background | The appropriation amount transferred relates to the transfer the functions of the Commonwealth Co-ordinator General from DPMC to DOIT. On 14 September 2010, the ministerial portfolios were restructured and departments were renamed. The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government was renamed to the Department of Infrastructure and Transport. | |
Notes on the Instrument | In accordance with Part 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Department of Infrastructure and Transport 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. | |