The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates | Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2010/37 – Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from AGD to DORA) |
Date instrument was made | 2 December 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. 2) 1999-2000 to reduce the Administered Capital item for the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) by $254,860.68. Schedule 2 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2004-2005 to reduce the Administered Assets and Liabilities item for AGD by $39,950,527.07. Schedule 3 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2006-2007 to reduce the Administered Assets and Liabilities item for AGD by $2,956,000. Schedule 4 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2007-2008 to reduce the Administered Assets and Liabilities item for AGD by $2,972,692. Schedule 5 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2009-2010 to reduce the Administered Assets and Liabilities item for AGD by $395,460. Schedule 6 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2010-2011 to reduce the Administered Assets and Liabilities item for AGD by $1,208,642 and to increase the Administered Assets and Liabilities item for the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government (DORA) by $47,738,181.75. |
Purpose and effect of the instrument (continued) | Schedule 7 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007 to reduce the Administered item for Outcome 3 for AGD by $22,554,133.09. Schedule 8 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 to reduce the Administered item for Outcome 3 for AGD by $11,960,343.18. Schedule 9 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 to reduce the Administered item for Outcome 3 for AGD by $4,793,682.80. Schedule 10 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2008-2009 to reduce the Administered item for Outcome 3 for AGD by $11,681,445. Schedule 11 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010 to increase the Administered item for Outcome 2 for DORA by $50,989,604.07. Schedule 12 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011 to transfer an amount of $32,483,384.16 of the Administered item for AGD for Outcome 2 to the Administered item for Outcome 2 for DORA. |
Background | Functions relating to the territories were transferred from the Attorney-General’s Department to the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government due to a change to the Administrative Arrangements Order with effect from |
Notes on the Instrument | In accordance with Part 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the Attorney-General’s Department and the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government 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. |