The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates | Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2011/06 – Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Defence to DPMC) | |
Date instrument was made | 20 May 2011 | |
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 an amount of $90,000.00 of the departmental item for Defence to the departmental item for DPMC. The effect of this schedule is to transfer appropriations relating to cyber policy co-ordination functions from Defence to DPMC within the same Act. | |
Background | On 14 September 2010 ministerial portfolios were restructured and departments were renamed in accordance with changes to the Administrative Arrangements Order. Functions relating to cyber policy co-ordination were transferred from Defence to DPMC. | |
Notes on the Instrument | In accordance with Part 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, the Department of Defence and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 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. | |