I, LINDSAY TANNER, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, make this Determination under subsections 20 (2) and (3) of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

Dated July 22^nd 2009

Lindsay Tanner

1              Name of Determination

                This Determination is the Financial Management and Accountability Determination 2009/23 – Media Commissions Special Account Variation and Abolition 2009.

2              Commencement

                This Determination commences at the time at which subsection 22 (4) of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 is complied with.

 Note      This Determination takes effect in accordance with section 22 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997. The Parliament must consider the Determination before it can take effect, and either House may pass a resolution disallowing the Determination. If neither House passes such a resolution, the Determination takes effect on the day immediately after the last day upon which such a resolution could have been passed.

3              Variation

                Schedule 1 varies the determination entitled Financial Management and Accountability Determination 2004/20 – Media Commissions Special Account Establishment 2004, made on 19 November 2004, which established the Media Commissions Special Account.

4              Abolition

                The Media Commissions Special Account is abolished with effect from the time at which:

(a)         Schedule 1 has taken effect; and

(b)         the balance of the appropriation for the Media Commissions Special Account reaches zero.

Schedule 1        Variation

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(1)  The purposes of the Media Commissions Special Account, in relation to which amounts may be debited from the Special Account, are:

                     (a)     for activities performed by media agencies, advertising agencies and related agencies:

 (i)  for or on behalf of the Commonwealth; or

                              (ii)  for Commonwealth purposes; and

                     (b)     for an activity that is incidental to a purpose mentioned in paragraph (a); and

                     (c)     to reduce the balance of the Media Commissions Special Account (and, therefore, the available appropriation for that Account) without making a real or notional payment; and

                     (d)     to repay amounts where an Act or other law requires or permits the repayment of an amount received.

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(1)  The purposes of the Media Commissions Special Account, in relation to which amounts may be debited from the Special Account, are:

                     (a)     for activities performed by media agencies, advertising agencies and related agencies:

 (i)  for or on behalf of the Commonwealth; or

                              (ii)  for Commonwealth purposes; and

                     (b)     for an activity that is incidental to a purpose mentioned in paragraph (a); and

                     (c)     to reduce the balance of the Media Commissions Special Account (and, therefore, the available appropriation for that Account) without making a real or notional payment; and

                     (d)     to repay amounts where an Act or other law requires or permits the repayment of an amount received; and

(e)     to credit amounts to the Coordinated Procurement Contracting Special Account.