Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2012/14 – Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from FINANCE to DPS)
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
I, TIM YOUNGBERRY, First Assistant Secretary, Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division, Department of Finance and Deregulation, make this Determination under subsection 32(2) of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (the FMA Act).
 
This Determination is made due to a decision of the Australian Government 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.
 
Dated 19 April 2012
 
 
 
 
 
TIM YOUNGBERRY
First Assistant Secretary
Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division
Department of Finance and Deregulation
 
1              Name of Determination
This Determination is the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2012/14 – Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Finance to DPS).
Note 1: This Determination has been made by a delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation. The Secretary is a delegate of the Minister for Finance and Deregulation in accordance with section 62 of the FMA Act. The Secretary has delegated his power in accordance with section 53 of the FMA Act.
Note 2: Acronyms used in this Determination are as follows:
(a)       “Finance” – refers to the Department of Finance and Deregulation.
(b)       “DPS” – refers to the Department of Parliamentary Services.
Note 3: Due to a Government decision, responsibilities for the Electorate Office IT – departmental operating costs, and administered costs relating to entitlements for former Prime Ministers were transferred from the Department of Finance and Deregulation to the Department of Parliamentary Services.
2              Commencement
This Determination commences on the day which it is made.
3              Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2011-2012
                Schedule 1 amends Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2011-2012 to:
(a)    reduce $472,372.81 of the “Departmental” item for Finance; and
(b)   reduce $236,315.54 of the “Administered” item for (Outcome 3) for Finance.
4              Amendment of Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments)
Act (No 1) 2011-2012
.               Schedule 2 amends Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2011-2012 to increase the “Departmental” item for DPS by $708,688.35.
 
 
 
Schedule 1        Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2011-2012
(Clause 3)
[1]       Schedule 1, Finance and Deregulation portfolio, Department of Finance and Deregulation table, for Total: Department of Finance and Deregulation, under the heading “Departmental”
omit
244,735
insert          
244,262.62719
[2]       Schedule 1, Finance and Deregulation portfolio, Department of Finance and Deregulation table, under the heading “Administered”, alongside Outcome 3
omit
236,534
insert          
236,297.68446
[3]       Schedule 1, Finance and Deregulation portfolio, Department of Finance and Deregulation table
insert
Note 1: The table has been amended by a determination under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997. That determination has amended only the actual appropriation items:
(a)        for departmental items, the actual appropriation item is the “Total” amount in relation to an agency under the heading “Departmental”; and
(b)        for administered items, the actual appropriation item is the amount set out opposite an Outcome of an agency under the heading “Administered”.
No other amounts in the table have been amended.
Note 2: Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2012/14 – Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Finance to DPS) amended two amounts in this table:  the amount alongside “Total”, under the heading “Departmental”, and the amount alongside Outcome 3 under the heading “Administered”, to transfer the amounts to the departmental item for the Department of Parliamentary Services.
 
 
Schedule 2        Amendment of Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments)
Act (No. 1) 2011-2012
(Clause 4)
[1]       Schedule 1, Parliament, Department of Parliamentary Services table, for “Total: Department of Parliamentary Services” under the heading “Departmental”
omit
123,065
insert          
123,773.68835
 [2]      Schedule 1, Parliament, after the Department of Parliamentary Services table
insert
Note 1: The table has been amended by a determination under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997. That determination has amended only the actual appropriation items:
(a)        for departmental items, the actual appropriation item is the “Total” amount in relation to an agency under the heading “Departmental”; and
(b)        for administered items, the actual appropriation item is the amount set out opposite an Outcome of an agency under the heading “Administered”.
No other amounts in the table have been amended.
Note 2: Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2012/14 – Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from Finance to DPS) amended an amount alongside Total: Department of Parliamentary Services under the heading “Departmental” to transfer an amount from the Department of Finance and Deregulation to the Department of Parliamentary Services.