Commonwealth legislation

Determination to Reduce Appropriation Upon Request (No. 2 of 2004-2005)

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This document formally cuts $14.4 million from the Australian Federal Police's budget.

What it does:

Reduces the AFP's funding for "departmental outputs" (day-to-day operational costs) originally allocated in the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-04
The reduction was requested by the Minister for Justice and Customs (Chris Ellison) and approved by the Minister for Finance (Nick Minchin)

Why this happens: This is a routine administrative process. When government agencies realise they won't spend all the money Parliament allocated to them, they can formally request to return the unspent funds to the budget. This "determination" is the legal instrument that makes that return official.

Who is affected:

Australian Federal Police: Loses $14.4 million in available funding (though they presumably requested this because they didn't need it)
Government budget: The money returns to consolidated revenue, effectively reducing government spending by this amount

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DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UP

DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UPON REQUEST

I, Senator the Hon Nick Minchin, Minister for Finance and Administration, pursuant to the legislative provision listed in column 3 below, hereby reduce the appropriation in column 1 for the agency in column 2 in response to the request made by the Minister in column 4 by the amount listed in column 6.

Column 1	Column 2	Column3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Appropriation	Agency	Authority	Requested by	Date of Request	$

Departmental outputs in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-04	Australian Federal Police	Section 9 of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-04	Senator the Hon Chris EllisonMinister for Justice and Customs	8 June 2005	$14,400,000

NICK MINCHIN
30 June 2005 No. 2 of 2004-2005

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DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UP DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UPON REQUEST

DETERMINATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATION UPON REQUEST

Column 1	Column 2	Column3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Appropriation	Agency	Authority	Requested by	Date of Request	$

Departmental outputs in Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-04	Australian Federal Police	Section 9 of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2003-04	Senator the Hon Chris EllisonMinister for Justice and Customs	8 June 2005	$14,400,000

NICK MINCHIN
30 June 2005 No. 2 of 2004-2005