FMA Act Determination 2014/07 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Health to Social Services)
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
I, ALAN GREENSLADE, First Assistant Secretary, Financial Analysis, Reporting and Management, Department of Finance, make this Determination under section 32 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act), as a delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Finance. The Secretary has been delegated powers under section 32 by the Finance Minister.
This Determination is made in response to the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 18 September 2013. Functions relating to aged care were transferred from the former Department of Health and Ageing (now the Department of Health) to the Department of Social Services (previously the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs).
 
 
 
 
Dated 23 April 2014
 
 
 
 
 
ALAN GREENSLADE
First Assistant Secretary
Financial Analysis, Reporting and Management
Department of Finance
 
1  Name of Determination
                   This Determination is the FMA Act Determination 2014/07 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Health to Social Services).
2  Commencement
                   This Determination commences on 24 April 2014.
3  Purpose
The purpose of this Determination is to adjust amounts appropriated to support functions moved from the former Department of Health and Ageing to the Department of Social Services, consistent with the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 18 September 2013.
Note 1: This Determination has been made under section 32 of the FMA Act by a delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Finance. The Finance Minister has delegated power under section 32 to the Secretary (in accordance with section 62 of the FMA Act), who has sub-delegated that power to the signatory of this Determination (in accordance with section 53 of the FMA Act).
Note 2: On 18 September 2013, the Governor-General in Council acting on the Prime Minister’s recommendation under section 64 of the Constitution renamed the Department of Health and Ageing as the Department of Health, and the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs as the Department of Social Services.
Note 3: This Determination is the fourth transfer of appropriations in relation to aged care functions transferred from the former Department of Health and Ageing to the Department of Social Services. An initial transfer of appropriations occurred on 16 October 2013, under FMA Act Determination 2013/09 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Health to Social Services). A second transfer of appropriations occurred on 1 December 2013, under FMA Act Determination 2013/17 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Health to Social Services). A third transfer of appropriations occurred on 9 April 2014, under FMA Act Determination 2014/06 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Health to Social Services).
 
4  Amendment of Appropriation Act
                   Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2012-2013 is amended as set out in Schedule 1 to this Determination.
5  Definitions
                   In this Determination, unless the contrary intention appears:
§  Department of Social Services includes a reference to the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
§  Department of Health includes a reference to the Department of Health and Ageing
§  FMA Act means the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
Schedule 1 Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 1)                   2012‑2013
 
      1        At the end of Schedule 1, after the note to Table 4 for FMA Act Determination 2013/05 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from DCCEE to DIICCSRTE and DRET)
 
Insert:
 
5    FMA Act Determination 2014/07 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions         from Health to Social Services)
 
Schedule 1 of this Act is amended in accordance with section 32 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act).
A new Outcome 8 is created for the Department of Social Services (formerly the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs), which is set out at Table 5. The text for Outcome 8 for the Department of Social Services is the same as the text for Outcome 4 of the former Department of Health and Ageing.
Amendments to appropriations are as specified in Table 6. The appropriation item (listed in Column 1) for the Agency (listed in Column 2) is amended by the relevant amount (listed in Column 3). A positive amount in Column 3 is an increase in the appropriation and a negative amount is a decrease in the appropriation.
   
 

Table 5

 
Departmental
Administered
Total

 
$'000
$'000
$'000

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
 
 
 


Outcome 8 ‑
Aged Care and Population Ageing ‑ Access to quality and affordable aged care and carer support services for older people, including through subsidies and grants, industry assistance, training and regulation of the aged care sector
 
 
 

0
0
0

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

0
0
0

 
 
 

Total: Department of Social Services
0
0
0

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 6
Amendment of appropriations

 
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3

Item
Appropriation item
Agency
Amount
($’000)

1
Departmental item
Department of Social Services
+28,000

2
Departmental item
Department of Health and Ageing
- 28,000

 
Note:                   Section 32 of the FMA Act enables the Finance Minister to determine that Schedules to Appropriation Acts are amended in relation to a transfer of functions between Agencies. A determination under section 32 of the FMA Act cannot result in a change to the total amount appropriated. FMA Act Determination 2014/07 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Health to Social Services) affects this Act in a specified way to result in no change to the total amount appropriated.
Due to a change to the Administrative Arrangements Order made on 18 September 2013, the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs was renamed as the Department of Social Services and functions relating to aged care were transferred from the former Department of Health and Ageing.
This Determination is the fourth transfer of appropriations in relation to aged care functions transferred from the former Department of Health and Ageing to the former Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Services. An initial transfer of appropriations occurred on 16 October 2013, under FMA Act Determination 2013/09 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Health to Social Services). A second transfer of appropriations occurred on 1 December 2013, under FMA Act Determination 2013/17 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Health to Social Services). A third transfer of appropriations occurred on 9 April 2014, under FMA Act Determination 2014/06 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Health to Social Services).
2     Schedule 1, Health and Ageing portfolio, after the Department of Health and Ageing table
After Note 3, insert:
Note 4:       FMA Act Determination 2014/07 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Health to Social Services) decreased the departmental item for the former Department of Health and Ageing by the amount specified in Table 6 at the end of Schedule 1 to this Act.
3     Schedule 1, Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio, after the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs table
Insert Note 1:
Note 1:       FMA Act Determination 2014/07 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Health to Social Services) created Outcome 8 for the Department of Social Services (which is the same as Outcome 4 for the former Department of Health and Ageing), and increased the departmental item for the Department of Social Services by the amount specified in Table 6 at the end of Schedule 1 to this Act.