The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates | Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2011/09 – Section 32 (Transfer of functions from BSA to DAFF) | |
Date instrument was made | 28 June 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 Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009 to transfer $206,940.05 of the departmental item for Biosecurity Australia (BSA) to the departmental item for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). The effect of this schedule is to transfer remaining available appropriations from BSA to DAFF due to the abolishment of BSA and its functions being transferred to DAFF. | |
Background | This transfer relates to an amount not included in s32 Determination 2009/11. | |
Notes on the Instrument | In accordance with Part 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, BSA and DAFF 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. | |