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Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 3 of 2012-2013)

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This determination authorises an extra $91 million for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.

What it does:

It draws money from the "Advance to the Finance Minister" (AFM) – a special reserve fund in the budget that the Finance Minister can access without waiting for Parliament to pass new legislation.
The funds are added to the department's "Administered Item, Outcome 1" (meaning the money is for the department's main programs and services, not its internal running costs).

Why it exists: Government departments sometimes need urgent additional money during the year that wasn't forecast in the original budget. Instead of introducing a whole new bill, the Finance Minister can make a determination like this to release funds immediately, provided they stay within the legal limits set by the Appropriation Act.

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Advance to the Finance Minister Determin

Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 3 of 2012-2013)

I, Penelope Ying Yen Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, being satisfied of the matters set out in subsection 13(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2012-2013 (the Act), make the following determination under subsection 13(2) of the Act:

That the Act have effect as if Schedule 1 of the Act were amended so that the item described in Column 1 of the Table, for the Agency listed in Column 2 of the Table, was increased by the amount listed in Column 3 of the Table.

Table

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Agency	Amount
		$

Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2012-2013Administered Item, Outcome 1	Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs	91,017,000

Dated 18th June 2013

PENELOPE YING YEN WONG

Minister for Finance and Deregulation

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Advance to the Finance Minister Determin Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 3 of 2012-2013)

Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 3 of 2012-2013)

Table

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Agency	Amount
		$

Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2012-2013Administered Item, Outcome 1	Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs	91,017,000

Dated 18th June 2013

PENELOPE YING YEN WONG

Minister for Finance and Deregulation

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Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 3 of 2012-2013)

Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 3 of 2012-2013)

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