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EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AMENDMENT BILL 2014

                                         2013-14




          THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




                   EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
                          AMENDMENT BILL 2014



              SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

                                           and

             STATEMENT OF COMPATIBILITY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS




                  Amendment to be moved on behalf of the Government



(circulated by authority of the Minister for Trade and Investment, the Hon Andrew Robb MP)
 EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AMENDMENT BILL
                       2014

OUTLINE
This amendment adds one measure to the Export Market Development Grants Amendment
Bill 2014 to allow, for the financial year 2013-14 only, the payment of additional expenses
above the cap on administration costs. These additional costs will be met from Austrade's
departmental appropriation.

FINANCIAL IMPACT
Expenditure under the Act is set through annual Appropriation Acts.

STATEMENT OF COMPATIBILITY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
This amendment is compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or declared in
the international instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny)
Act 2011. This amendment is compatible with human rights as it does not raise any human
rights issues.
EXPORT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AMENDMENT BILL
2014
ABBREVIATIONS

EMDG Act              Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

Austrade              Australian Trade Commission

the scheme            The scheme of financial assistance to exporters covered by the Export
                      Market Development Grants Act 1997

NOTES ON AMENDMENTS

Item 11

Currently, section 105 of the EMDG Act provides that the EMDG scheme administration
costs for any financial year must not exceed 5 per cent of the money appropriated by
Parliament for the scheme for that financial year.

This item amends that section for the 2013-14 financial year only to allow additional costs of
administration above the 5 per cent cap to be met from departmental appropriations.