
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 a decision to transfer from the National Water Commission, the Water Smart Australia programme, to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Dated 20 May 2008
Tim Youngberry
Division Manager
Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division
Department of Finance and Deregulation
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the FMA Act Determination 2008/22 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from the NWC to Environment).
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 Environment and Water Resources Portfolio was renamed the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio; and
(b) the Department of the Environment and Water Resources was renamed the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts; and
Note 3 Acronyms and other organisational names used in this Determination are as follows:
(a) “Environment” – refers to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
(b) “NWC” – refers to the National Water Commission.
2 Commencement
This Determination has taken to have commenced on 1 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 $479,200.00 of the departmental item for the National Water Commission to the departmental item for the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
Note The amount transferred relates to the transfer of the Water Smart Australia programme.
Schedule 1 Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008
(section 3)
[1] Schedule 1, Environment and Water Resources portfolio, National Water Commission table, total for National Water Commission, Departmental Outputs
omit
10,378
insert
9,898.8
[2] Schedule 1, Environment and Water Resources portfolio, after the National Water Commission 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 2008/22 amended the amount alongside Total: National Water Commission, under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
[3] Schedule 1, Environment and Water Resources portfolio, Department of the Environment and Water Resources table, total for the Department of Environment and Water Resources, Departmental Outputs
omit
475,370.60799
insert
475,849.80799
[4] Schedule 1, Environment and Water Resources portfolio, after the Department of the Environment and Water Resources table
omit the notes, 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 the Environment and Water Resources, under the heading Departmental Outputs, and the amount alongside Outcome 1, under the heading Administered Expenses, to transfer amounts to the Department of Climate Change.
Note 3: FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/21 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of the Environment and Water Resources, under the heading Departmental Outputs, and the amount alongside Outcome 1, under the heading Administered Expenses, to transfer amounts to the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism.
Note 4: FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/22 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of the Environment and Water Resources, under the heading Departmental Outputs to transfer an amount from the National Water Commission.