FMA Act Determination 2008/46 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from the former DCITA to DBCDE)
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
I, Tim Youngberry, Division Manager, 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 because of changes in the administrative arrangements on 3 December 2007, specifically the abolition of the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts and the transfer of communications related functions to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
 
Dated 27 June 2008
Tim Youngberry
Division Manager
Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division
Department of Finance and Deregulation
  
  
 
1              Name of Determination
                This Determination is the FMA Act Determination 2008/46 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from the former DCITA to DBCDE).
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: see sections 53 and 62 of the FMA Act.
Note 2   The Appropriation Acts, as made, refer to the names of particular Departments. However, some of those references have changed due to the reorganisation of government functions on 3 December 2007. The relevant changes are:
(a)      the Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio was established; and
(b)      the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy was established; and
(c)      the Communications, Information Technology and the Arts  portfolio was abolished; and
(d)         the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts was abolished.
Note 3   Acronyms and other organisational names used in this Determination are as follows:
(a)         “DBCDE” – refers to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
(b)          “DCITA” – refers to the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
2              Commencement
                This Determination is taken to have commenced on 3 December 2007.
Note   Under subsection 32 (8) of the FMA Act, a Determination may be expressed to take effect before its making and registration under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
3              Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007–2008
Schedule 1 amends the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007–2008 to transfer an amount of $783,318.03 of the departmental item for the former Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts to the departmental item for the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
Note   The amounts transferred relate to the transfer of communications related functions from the former Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
 
 
Schedule 1        Amendment of Appropriation
Act (No. 1) 2007–2008
(section 3)
  
[1]           Schedule 1, Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio, total for Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Departmental Outputs
omit
54,518.83006
insert
55,302.14809
 
[2]            Schedule 1, Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy portfolio, after the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy table
omit the notes, insert
Note 1:          The table has been inserted by a Determination under section 32 of the FMA Act. That determination has inserted only the actual appropriation items:
(a)   for departmental items, the actual appropriation item is the “Total” amount in relation to an entity under the heading “Departmental Outputs”; and
(b)   for administered items, the actual appropriation item is the amount set out opposite an Outcome of an entity under the heading “Administered Expenses”.
No other amounts in the table have been inserted.
Note 2:          FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/25 inserted the amount alongside Total: Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, under the heading Departmental Outputs, and inserted the amount alongside Outcome 1, under the heading Administered Expenses, to transfer amounts from the former Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
Note 3:          FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/31 amended the amount alongside Outcome 1, under the heading Administered Expenses, to transfer an amount to the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
Note 4:          FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/33 amended the amount alongside Outcome 1, under the heading Administered Expenses, to transfer an amount to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
Note 5:          FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/46 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount from the former Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
[3]           Schedule 1, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts  portfolio, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts table, total for Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Departmental Outputs
omit
57,487.83355
insert
56,704.51552
[4]           Schedule 1, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts  portfolio, after the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts table
omit the notes, insert
Note 1:          The table has been amended by a Determination under section 32 of the FMA Act. 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 entity under the heading “Departmental Outputs”; and
(b)   for administered items, the actual appropriation item is the amount set out opposite an Outcome of an entity under the heading “Administered Expenses”.
No other amounts in the table have been amended.
Note 2:          FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/17 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, under the heading Departmental Outputs, and amended the amount alongside Outcome 2, under the heading Administered Expenses, to transfer amounts to the Department of Health and Ageing.
Note 3:          FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/25 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, under the heading Departmental Outputs, and amended the amount alongside Outcome 3, under the heading Administered Expenses, to transfer amounts to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
Note 4:          FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/32 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount to the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
Note 5:          FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/40 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, under the heading Departmental Outputs, and amended the amount alongside Outcome 1, under the heading Administered Expenses, to transfer amounts to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
Note 6:          FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/46 amended the amounts alongside Total: Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.