Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 38 of 2008-2009)
Annual Appropriation Acts
I, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Determination under subsection 11(1) of the following annual Appropriation Acts:
Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007-2008
Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2007-2008
 
 
Dated 25 June 2009
 
LINDSAY TANNER
Minister for Finance and Deregulation
 
Part 1        Preliminary
1.1           Name of Determination
                This Determination is the Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 38 of 2008-2009).
1.2           Commencement
                This Determination commences on 30 June 2009.
1.3           The Legislative Authority under which the Instrument is made
Subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Acts (No. 2) and (No. 4) enable the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a Determination reducing an administered assets and liabilities item or an other departmental item for an entity, by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that entity.
The provision was included in the Appropriation Acts to enable excess appropriation items to be extinguished.
1.4           Purpose of the Instrument
                The instrument determines that the appropriation items for the entities listed in the Schedules are reduced by the amounts indicated in Column 5 of each provision.
1.5           Notes on the Instrument
                The Schedules to the instrument list the entities to which a determination applies. The entities are listed alphabetically, by portfolio.
                Each entity’s reduction determination table is contained within an individual provision. Each provision provides that the entity in column 1, has the appropriation item in column 2, under the legislative authority in column 3, through the request by the responsible Minister in Column 4, reduced by the amount in column 5.
The instrument reflects entity and portfolio names contained in the Appropriation Acts under which reductions are made, noting that these may have subsequently been changed by, for example, machinery of government changes.
1.6           Disallowance
                A Determination made under subsection 11(1) is a Legislative Instrument and is disallowable.
1.7           Reduction in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007-2008
Schedule 1 contains a reduction determination for the Australian Taxation Office for an other departmental item (Equity Injections) appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007‑2008.
1.8           Reductions in Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2007-2008
Schedule 2 contains reduction determinations for entities for other departmental items (Equity Injections) appropriated by Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2007‑2008.
 
Schedule 1     Reduction in Appropriation Act
(No. 2) 2007-2008
(Part 1.7)
 
TREASURY PORTFOLIO
 
 [1]       Australian Taxation Office
 
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5

Entity
Appropriation
Authority
Requested By
Reduction Amount $

Australian Taxation Office
 
Other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Australian Taxation Office in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007-2008
Subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007-2008
Treasurer
4,278,000

Schedule 2     Reductions in Appropriation Act
(No. 4) 2007-2008
(Part 1.8)
 
TREASURY PORTFOLIO
 
[1]        Australian Bureau of Statistics
 
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5

Entity
Appropriation
Authority
Requested By
Reduction Amount $

Australian Bureau of Statistics
 
Other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Australian Bureau of Statistics
in Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2007-2008
Subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2007-2008
Treasurer
2,968,000

 
[2]        Australian Securities and Investments Commission
 
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5

Entity
Appropriation
Authority
Requested By
Reduction Amount $

Australian Securities and Investments Commission
 
Other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
in Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2007-2008
Subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2007-2008
Treasurer
1,407,000

 
 [3]       Australian Taxation Office
 
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5

Entity
Appropriation
Authority
Requested By
Reduction Amount $

Australian Taxation Office
 
Other departmental item (Equity Injections) for the Australian Taxation Office in Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2007-2008
Subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2007-2008
Treasurer
4,400,000