The instrument to which this explanatory statement relates | Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2012/14 – Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Finance to DPS) |
Date instrument was made | 19 April 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) 2011-2012 to transfer: (a) $472,372.81 of the Departmental item for the Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance) to the Departmental item for the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS); and (b) $236,315.54 of Administered item for Outcome 3 for Finance to the Departmental item for DPS. Schedule 2 of this Instrument amendments Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2011-2012 to increase the Departmental item for DPS by $708,688.35. The effect of this schedule is to transfer appropriations relating to the functions of the Electorate Office IT – departmental operating costs, and administered costs relating to entitlements for former Prime Ministers. |
Background | The transfer of appropriations is made due to a Government decision to transfer functions of the Electorate Office IT – departmental operating costs, and administered costs relating to entitlements for former Prime Ministers from the Department of Finance and Deregulation to the Department of Parliamentary Services. |
Notes on the Instrument | In accordance with Part 3 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, Finance and DPS 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. |