FMA Act Determination 2008/02 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from the former Environment Department to DCC)

Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

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 climate change functions from the former Department of the Environment and Water Resources to the Department of Climate Change.

Dated 29 February 2008

TIM YOUNGBERRY

Division Manager

Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division

Department of Finance and Deregulation

Contents

 1 Name of Determination 

 2 Commencement 

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

 4 Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007–2008 

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

Schedule 2 Amendments of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007–2008

 

 

 

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the FMA Act Determination 2008/02 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from the former Environment Department 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 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

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

2 Commencement

  This Determination is taken to have commenced on 3 December 2007.

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:

 (a) an amount of $19,307,426.86 of the administered item for the former Department of the Environment and Water Resources to the administered item for the Department of Climate Change; and

 (b) an amount of $19,644,581.81 of the departmental item for the former Department of the Environment and Water Resources to the departmental item for the Department of Climate Change.

4 Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007–2008

  Schedule 2 amends the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007–2008, to transfer an amount of $9,000,000.00 of Equity Injections (an other departmental item defined in section 3 of that Act) from the former Department of the Environment and Water Resources to the Equity Injections for the Department of Climate Change.

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

(section 3)

 

[1] Schedule 1, Environment and Water Resources portfolio, Department of the Environment and Water Resources table, Outcome 1, Administered Expenses

omit

684,129

insert

664,821.57314

[2] Schedule 1, Environment and Water Resources portfolio, Department of the Environment and Water Resources table, Total for Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Departmental Outputs

omit

498,690

insert

479,045.41819

[3] Schedule 1, Environment and Water Resources portfolio, after the Department of the Environment and Water Resources 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.

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

insert

Prime Minister and Cabinet PORTFOLIO

 

Appropriation (plain figures)—20072008

 

 

Departmental

Outputs

Administered

Expenses

 

Total

 

$'000

$'000

$'000

DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

 

 

 

Outcome 1

The environment, especially those aspects that are matters of national environmental significance, is protected and conserved

 

 

 

 

19,307.42686

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total: Department of Climate Change

19,644.58181

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: The table has been inserted by a Determination under section 32 of the FMA Act. That determination has inserted 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.

Other amounts (such as totals) have not been inserted in the table.

Schedule 2 Amendments of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007–2008

(section 4)

 

[1] Schedule 2, Environment and Water Resources portfolio, Department of the Environment and Water Resources table, Equity Injections

omit

26,000

insert

17,000

[2] Schedule 2, Environment and Water Resources portfolio, after the Department of the Environment and Water Resources 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 item, for an other departmental item opposite the heading “Equity Injections”.

No other amounts in the table have been amended.

[3] Schedule 2, Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio, after the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet table

insert

Prime Minister and Cabinet PORTFOLIO

Appropriation (plain figures)—20072008

 

 

 

 

 

Payments to

States, ACT,

NT and local

government

New

Administered

Expenses

Total

 

$'000

$'000

$'000

DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

 

 

 

Nonoperating

 

 

 

Equity Injections

 

 

9,000

 

 

 

Total: Department of Climate Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: The table has been inserted by a Determination under section 32 of the FMA Act. That determination has only inserted the actual appropriation item, for an other departmental item opposite the heading “Equity Injections”.