I, Greg Feeney, Acting 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 due to a decision of the government to transfer the function of the implementation of the Superannuation Clearing House Facility from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to Medicare Australia (MA). A total of $4,000,000.00 is transferred by this Determination from the departmental item for the ATO under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009-2010. $1,530,000.00 is transferred to the departmental item for MA under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009–2010 and the balance of $2,470,000.00 is transferred to the MA “Equity Injections” (an “other departmental item”) under Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2009-2010.

Dated 4th February 2010

Greg Feeney

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the FMA Act Determination 2010/04 — Section 32 (Transfer of Functions from ATO to MA).

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

(a)         “ATO” – refers to the Australian Taxation Office.

(b)        “MA” – refers to Medicare Australia.

2 Commencement

This Determination is taken to have commenced on 29 October 2009.

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) 2009–2010

  Schedule 1 amends the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009–2010 to transfer an amount of $4,000,000.00 from the departmental item for the ATO. Of that $4,000,000.00, $1,530,000.00 is transferred to the departmental item for MA in Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009–2010.

Note   The amount transferred relates to the implementation of the Superannuation Clearing House Facility.                           

4 Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2009–2010

  Schedule 2 amends the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2009–2010 to transfer an amount of $2,470,000.00 to the “Equity Injections” (an other departmental item defined in section 3 of that Act) for MA. The transferred amount of $2,470,000.00 represents the balance of the transfer of the $4,000,000.00 from the departmental item for the ATO under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009–2010 in Schedule 1.

  Note   The amount transferred relates to the implementation of the Superannuation Clearing House Facility.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009–2010

(section 3)

[1] Schedule 1, Human Services portfolio, Medicare Australia table, total for Medicare Australia, Departmental Outputs

omit

650,057

insert

651,587

[2]  Schedule 1, Human Services portfolio, after the Medicare Australia 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 2010/04 amended the amount alongside Total: Medicare Australia under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount from the Australian Taxation Office.

[3] Schedule 1, Treasury portfolio, Australian Taxation Office table, total for the Australian Taxation Office, Departmental Outputs

omit

3,027,903

insert

3,023,903

[4]  Schedule 1, Treasury portfolio, after the Australian Taxation Office 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 2010/04 amended the amount alongside Total: Australian Taxation Office, under the heading Departmental Outputs, to transfer an amount of $4,000,000.00 to Medicare Australia.  $1,530,000.00 was transferred to the departmental item for Medicare Australia under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009–2010. The balance of $2,470,000.00 was transferred to the “Equity Injections” (an “other departmental item”) for Medicare Australia under Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2009–2010.

Schedule 2 Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2009–2010

(section 4)

[1] Schedule 1, Human Services portfolio, Medicare Australia table, Equity Injections

omit

32,492

insert

34,962

 [2]  Schedule 1, Human Services portfolio, after the Medicare Australia 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 other departmental items, the actual appropriation item is the amount in relation to an entity opposite the heading “Equity Injections”, or, opposite the heading “Loans”, or, opposite the heading “Previous Years Outputs”; and

(b) for administered items, the actual appropriation item is the amount set out opposite an Outcome of an entity under the heading “New Administered Expenses”; and

(c) for State, ACT, NT and local government items the actual appropriation item is the amount set out opposite an Outcome of an entity under the heading “Payments to States, ACT, NT, and local government”; and

(d) for an administered assets and liabilities item the actual appropriation item is the amount set out in relation to an entity opposite the heading “Administered Assets and Liabilities”.

 No other amounts in the table have been amended.

Note 2:  FMA Act Section 32 Determination 2010/04 amended the amount alongside Equity Injections, under the heading Total, to transfer an amount from the departmental item for the Australian Taxation Office under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2009–2010.