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 the Australian Institute of Family Studies and responsibility for Family Impact Statements from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to the newly established Office of Work and Family within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Dated 24th April 2008

Tim Youngberry

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the FMA Act Determination 2008/12 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from FaHCSIA to PM&C).

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 Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio was renamed the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio; and

(b) the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs was renamed the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.

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

(a)         “FaHCSIA” – refers to the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.

(b)        “PM&C” – refers to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

2 Commencement

  This Determination is taken to have commenced on 17 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 an amount of $296,158.00 of the departmental item for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to the departmental item for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Note   The amount transferred relates to the Australian Institute of Family Studies and responsibility for Family Impact Statements.

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

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[1] Schedule 1, Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio, Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs table, total for Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Departmental Outputs

omit

1,249,127

insert

1,248,857.842

[2] Schedule 1, Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Portfolio, after the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 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. The Determination also did not amend the portfolio name or the agency name as those references in the Act were substituted as specified in the Acts Interpretation (Substituted References – Section 19B) Amendment Order 2007 (No. 2), made by the Governor-General on 14 December 2007, under section 19B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Note 2: FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/04 amended the amount alongside Outcome 1, under the heading Administered Expenses, to transfer an amount from the former Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

Note 3: FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/08 amended the amount alongside Outcome 2 and Outcome 3, under the heading Administered Expenses, to transfer amounts to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

Note 4: FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/12 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

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

omit

135,483.057

insert

135,779.215

[4] Schedule 1, Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio, after the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 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 2008/07 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount from the Attorney-General’s Department.

Note 3: FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2008/12 amended the amount alongside Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.