I, TIM YOUNGBERRY, First Assistant Secretary, 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 Australian Government to transfer the population policy and housing affordability functions from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

Dated 20 October 2010

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2010/21 — Section 32 (Transfer of Function from TREASURY to DSEWPaC).

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 in accordance with section 62 of the FMA Act. The Secretary has delegated his power in accordance with section 53 of the FMA Act.

Note 2: Acronyms used in this Determination are as follows:

(a)       “TREASURY” – refers to the Department of the Treasury.

(b)       “DSEWPaC” – refers to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

Note 3: On 14 September 2010, the ministerial portfolios were restructured and departments were renamed. The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts was renamed to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Functions relating to population policy and affordable housing were transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on the day on which it is made.

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) 2010-2011

 Schedule 1 amends Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011 to transfer an amount of $938,000 of the departmental item for TREASURY to the departmental item for DSEWPaC.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2010-2011

(Clause 3)

[1] Schedule 1, Treasury portfolio, Department of the Treasury table, total for departmental

omit

168,506

insert 

167,568

[2] Schedule 1, Treasury portfolio, after the Department of the Treasury table

insert

Note 1: The table has been amended by a determination under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997. 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 agency under the heading “Departmental”; and

(b) for administered items, the actual appropriation item is the amount set out opposite an Outcome of an agency under the heading “Administered”.

No other amounts in the table have been amended.

Note 2: Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2010/21 — Section 32 (Transfer of Function from TREASURY to DSEWPaC) amended the amount alongside “Total: Department of the Treasury” under the heading “Departmental”, to transfer an amount to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

[3] Schedule 1, Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts table, total for departmental

omit

448,357

insert

449,295

 [4] Schedule 1, Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts portfolio, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts table

omit the notes, insert

Note 1: The table has been amended by a determination under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997. 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 agency under the heading “Departmental”; and

(b) for administered items, the actual appropriation item is the amount set out opposite an Outcome of an agency under the heading “Administered”.

No other amounts in the table have been amended.

Note 2: Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2010/16 — Section 32 (Transfer of Function from DEWHA to DCCEE) amended the amount alongside “Total: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts”, under the heading “Departmental”, to transfer an amount to the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency.

Note 3: Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2010/21 — Section 32 (Transfer of Function from TREASURY to DSEWPaC) amended the amount alongside “Total: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts”, under the heading “Departmental”, to transfer an amount from the departmental item to the Department of the Treasury.