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 transfer of Australia’s international climate change policy and negotiation function, from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to the Department of Climate Change.

Dated 18 April 2008

Tim Youngberry

1              Name of Determination

                This Determination is the FMA Act Determination 2008/10 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from DFAT to DCC).

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 Department of Climate Change was created within the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio.

Note 3   Acronyms and other organisational names used in this Determination are as follows:

(a)         “DCC” – refers to the Department of Climate Change.

(b)         “DFAT” – refers to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

2              Commencement

                This Determination is taken to have commenced on 3 April 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 to transfer an amount of $487,938.00 of the departmental item for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to the departmental item for the Department of Climate Change.

Note   The amount transferred relates to Australia’s international climate change policy and negotiation function.

Schedule 1        Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007–2008

(section 3)

[1]           Schedule 1, Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade table, total for Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Departmental Outputs

omit

808,368

insert

807,880.062

[2]           Schedule 1, Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio, after the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade table

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 2008/10 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount to the Department of Climate Change.

[3]           Schedule 1, Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio, Department of Climate Change table, total for Department of Climate Change, Departmental Outputs

omit

19,644.58181

insert

20,132.51981

[4]           Schedule 1, Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio, after the Department of Climate Change table

omit the note, 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 2008/02 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of Climate Change, under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount from the former Department of the Environment and Water Resources.

Note 3:       FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/10 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of Climate Change, under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.