Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name

This Determination is the Determination to Reduce Appropriations Upon Request (No. 20 of 2010-2011).

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on the day on which it is made.

3 Legislative Authority

(1) Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007; Subsection 9(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008; subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009; subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010; subsection 10(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011, and subsection 10(2) Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2010-2011 enable the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a written determination reducing a departmental item for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that agency.

(2) Subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2006-2007 and subsection 11(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 enable the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a written determination reducing administered assets and liabilities items and other departmental items for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that agency.

(3) Subsection 12(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a written determination reducing a CAC Act Body payment item for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that agency.

(4) Subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2009-2010 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a written determination reducing other departmental item (Previous Years’ Outputs) for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that agency.

(5) Subsection 13(2) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2010-2011 enables the Minister for Finance and Deregulation to make a written determination reducing administered assets and liabilities items and other departmental item (Equity Injections) for an agency by the amount specified in the Determination, upon receipt of a written request from the Minister responsible for that agency.

(6) The reduction provisions are included in the annual Appropriation Acts to enable excess departmental appropriation items, administered assets and liabilities items, other departmental items and CAC Act Body payment items to be extinguished.

4 Purpose

This Determination reduces the appropriation item for the agency listed in the Schedule by the amount indicated in Column 4.

5 Notes