1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the FMA Act Determination 2008/03 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from the Productivity Commission to Finance).
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 Finance and Administration portfolio was renamed the Finance and Deregulation portfolio; and
(b) the Department of Finance and Administration was renamed the Department of Finance and Deregulation (Finance).
2 Commencement
This Determination is taken to have commenced on 31 January 2008.
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 by transferring an amount of $1,904,458.00 of the departmental item for the Productivity Commission to the departmental item for the Department of Finance and Deregulation.
Note The amount transferred relates to the Office of Best Practice Regulation.
4 Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006–2007
Schedule 2 amends the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006–2007 by transferring an amount of $659,407.55 of the departmental item for the Productivity Commission to the departmental item for the Department of Finance and Deregulation.
Note The amount transferred relates to the Office of Best Practice Regulation.
Schedule 1 Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007–2008
(section 3)
[1] Schedule 1, Finance and Administration portfolio, Department of Finance and Administration table, total for Department of Finance and Administration, Departmental Outputs
omit
251,062
insert
252,966.458
[2] Schedule 1, Finance and Administration portfolio, after the Department of Finance and Administration table
insert
Note: 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. The Determination also did not amend the portfolio name or the agency name as those references in the Act were substituted as specified in the Acts Interpretation (Substituted References – Section 19B) Amendment Order 2007 (No. 2), made by the Governor-General on 14 December 2007, under section 19B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
[3] Schedule 1, Treasury portfolio, Productivity Commission table, total for Productivity Commission, Departmental Outputs
omit
34,443
insert
32,538.542
[4] Schedule 1, Treasury portfolio, after the Productivity Commission table
insert
Note: 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. The Determination also did not amend the portfolio name or the agency name as those references in the Act were substituted as specified in the Acts Interpretation (Substituted References – Section 19B) Amendment Order 2007 (No. 2), made by the Governor-General on 14 December 2007, under section 19B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
Schedule 2 Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006–2007
(section 4)
[1] Schedule 1, Finance and Administration portfolio, Department of Finance and Administration table, total for Department of Finance and Administration, Departmental Outputs
omit
‑
insert
659.40755
[2] Schedule 1, Finance and Administration portfolio, after the Department of Finance and Administration table
omit
The Memorandum Item represents savings in departmental expenses consistent with the Statement of Savings document. Note that the amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading ‘Departmental Outputs’, are notional. They do not form part of the total departmental appropriation item and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the item.
insert
Note 1: The Memorandum Item represents savings in departmental expenses consistent with the Statement of Savings document. Note that the amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading ‘Departmental Outputs’, are notional. They do not form part of the total departmental appropriation item and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the item.
Note 2: 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. The Determination also did not amend the portfolio name or the agency name as those references in the Act were substituted as specified in the Acts Interpretation (Substituted References – Section 19B) Amendment Order 2007 (No. 2), made by the Governor-General on 14 December 2007, under section 19B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
[3] Schedule 1, Treasury portfolio, Productivity Commission table, total for Productivity Commission, Departmental Outputs
omit
3,068
insert
2,408.59245
[4] Schedule 1, Treasury portfolio, after the Productivity Commission table
insert
Note: 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. The Determination also did not amend the portfolio name or the agency name as those references in the Act were substituted as specified in the Acts Interpretation (Substituted References – Section 19B) Amendment Order 2007 (No. 2), made by the Governor-General on 14 December 2007, under section 19B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.