The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates | Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2012/04 – Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from DPMC to DEFENCE) | |
Date instrument was made | 27 January 2012 | |
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) 2010-2011 to reduce an amount of $1,262,356.47 of the “Departmental” item for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). Schedule 2 of this Instrument amends Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2011-2012 to reduce an amount of $3,270,542.70 of the “Departmental” item for DPMC and increase an amount of 4,532,899.17 of the “Departmental” item for the Department of Defence (DEFENCE). The effect of this schedule is to transfer appropriations relating to the National Security Grants Program. | |
Background | Functions relating to the National Security Grants Program were transferred from the DPMC to DEFENCE due to a change to the Administrative Arrangements Order on 14 December 2011. | |
Notes on the Instrument | In accordance with Part 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, DPMC and DBCDE 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. | |
Human Rights Impact Statement | This Instrument is exempt from disallowance under subsection 32(7) of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997. As such, a statement of compatibility prepared under subsection 9(1) of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 is not required in this Explanatory Statement. | |