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 October 19^th 2009

Lindsay Tanner

1              Name of Determination

                This Determination is the Financial Management and Accountability Determination 2009/30 – Safe Work Australia 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 2009/07 – Safe Work Australia Special Account Establishment 2009, made on 2 March 2009, which established the Safe Work Australia Special Account.

4              Abolition

                The Safe Work Australia 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 Safe Work Australia Special Account reaches zero.

Schedule 1        Variation

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(1)    The purposes of the Safe Work Australia Special Account, for which amounts may be debited from the Special Account, are to:

(a)       meet costs and expenses related to national occupational health and safety, and workers' compensation activities in accordance with the agreement of the States and Territories;

(b)      carry out activities that are incidental to the purpose mentioned in paragraph (a);

(c)       repay to an original payer amounts credited to the Special Account and residual after any necessary payments made for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);

(d)      reduce the balance of the Special Account (and, therefore, the available appropriation for the Special Account) without making a real or notional payment; and

(e)       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 Safe Work Australia Special Account, for which amounts may be debited from the Special Account, are to:

(a)      meet costs and expenses related to national occupational health and safety, and workers' compensation activities in accordance with the agreement of the States and Territories;

(b)      carry out activities that are incidental to the purpose mentioned in paragraph (a);

(c)      repay to an original payer amounts credited to the Special Account and residual after any necessary payments made for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);

(d)      reduce the balance of the Special Account (and, therefore, the available appropriation for the Special Account) without making a real or notional payment;

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

(f)        credit amounts to The Safe Work Australia Special Account.