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PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Appropriation (Recurrent Expenditure 2008) Act 2007
No. 23 of 2007
Certified on: 11.03.08
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
1. Grant of K6,996,269,100.
2. Appropriation.
3. Adjustment of appropriation for new services and as between services.
4. Adjustment of appropriation as between services.
5. Transfer of activities between departments.
6. Direction to be available to Auditor-General.
7. Direction for expenditure under Division 207.
AN ACT
entitled
Appropriation (Recurrent Expenditure 2008) Act 2007.
Being an Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the General Public Service for recurrent expenditure for the year ending 31 December 2008 and to appropriate the supplies granted for that year,
MADE by the National Parliament.
(1) Subject to authorization from the Minister, the Secretary for Treasury may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the activities of the General Public Service for the year ending 31 December 2008 the sum of K6,996,269,100.
(2) The activities of the General Public Service are outlined in the 2008 Budget Books.
Sums granted by this Act out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for all the activities of the General Public Service for the financial year ending 31 December 2008 are appropriated to the agencies expressed in the Schedule 1 in relation to the financial year ending 31 December 2008.
(1) Where there is insufficient or no appropriation to meet expenditure for a particular activity, the Secretary for Treasury may direct the re-allocation of any unexpended appropriation under the recurrent expenditure through the Secretary's Advance provided that the total additional appropriation so allocated does not exceed the amount reflected under the Secretary's Advance.
(2) The distribution of the amount in this section is not limited to activities under this Act - funds may be distributed to any Government activity, including National Parliament, Judiciary or Development activities.
(1) Funds shall not be transferred between programs, or between activities within programs, without the written approval of the Secretary for Treasury.
(2) Where there is insufficient appropriation to meet Government expenditure -
(a) the Secretary for Treasury may direct the re-allocation of any unexpended appropriation under recurrent expenditure to other recurrent or development expenditure or to the National Parliament or Judiciary; and
(b) in the event that there are agreed savings identified under the appropriations for National Parliament or Judiciary the Secretary for Treasury may direct the re-allocation of these unexpended amounts to recurrent expenditure; and
(c) the total amount of all re-allocations authorized under this section shall not exceed a sum of K699,626,910; and
(d) where an amount appropriated under Division 207 is being transferred to the agency or trust responsible for delivering the activity for which the amount is appropriated, this transfer will not count towards the total identified in Paragraph (c).
Where, after the commencement of this Act and before 1 January 2009, an activity is transferred from one operating agency to another, the authority conferred by Section 3 and 4 to issue and apply moneys out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund extends to the issue and application of moneys in respect to the carrying out of the activities by that other operating agency.
A copy of each direction under Sections 3 and 4 shall be made available to the Auditor-General as soon as practicable after the end of each quarter of the financial year ending 31 December 2008.
(1) The amount of K1,112.9 million appropriated to Division 207 is to be immediately transferred from Division 207 to trust accounts identified for the approved projects expressed in Schedule 2 in order that the sums can be paid into trust accounts under Section 16 of the Public Finances (Management) Act 1995.
(2) Where a trust account specified in Schedule 2 does not exist, a new trust account is to be established by the Minister for Finance under Section 15 of the Public Finances (Management) Act 1995 and the transfer will take place immediately on the establishment of the trust account.
(3) In the event that the amounts expressed in Schedule 2 are not transferred, the appropriation will lapse and the amounts will be returned to the Consolidated Revenue Fund and these funds cannot be utilized or transferred for any other purpose.
(4) The amount of K534 million directed to the District Service Improvement Trust must be split equally, with an amount of K6 million to be allocated and expended in each of the 89 districts and the funds must be used for the purposes of projects in any or all of the areas of health, water supply, law and justice, education, transport or agriculture.
(5) The amount of K45 million directed to the Transport Sector Infrastructure Maintenance and Rehabilitation Trust must be used solely for the following projects in the amounts indicated:-
(a) an amount of K25 million for the purpose of rehabilitating roads in Lae (Morobe Province);
(b) an amount of K20 million for the purpose of installing utilities and access roads in Central City as the new capital for Central Province.
(6) The amount of K20 million directed to the Education Sector Infrastructure Rehabilitation Trust must be used solely for maintenance on technical schools.
(7) The amount of K150 million of the amount appropriated to Division 207 is to be paid to Nambawan Super Limited for the purpose of reducing the Government's liability for unfunded superannuation contributions, and in the event that this amount is not transferred -
(a) the appropriation will lapse and the amounts will be returned to the Consolidated Revenue Fund; and
(b) the funds if lapse cannot be utilized or transferred for any other purpose.
(8) The amount of K105 million of the amount appropriated to Division 207 is for National Road Maintenance (K50 million) and outstanding payments under Memoranda of Agreement (K55 million).
(9) Depending on the mechanism agreed for distribution, the amounts referred to in Subsection (8) may be transferred to the Development Budget and if this is required, the transfer of these amounts will not contribute to the total of approved transfers under Section 4.
SCHEDULE 1.
Estimates of Expenditure for the Year ending 31 December 2008.
| Division | Summary | Kina |
| 202 | Office of the Governor-General | 3,486,000 |
| 203 | Department of the Prime Minister & NEC | 48,830,100 |
| 204 | National Statistical Office | 3,969,800 |
| 205 | Bougainville Peace and Restoration Office | 1,416,100 |
| 206 | Department of Finance | 18,384,700 |
| 207 | Department of Finance & Treasury - Miscellaneous | 2,189,454,500 |
| 208 | Department of Treasury | 9,506,700 |
| 209 | Office of the Registrar for Political Parties | 4,961,300 |
| 212 | Information Technology Division | 14,602,800 |
| 213 | PNG Fire Services | 14,953,400 |
| 216 | Internal Revenue Commission | 43,598,400 |
| 217 | Department of Foreign Affairs & Immigration | 71,825,900 |
| 219 | PNG Institute of Public Administration | 5,553,700 |
| 220 | Department of Personnel Management | 11,110,300 |
| 221 | Public Service Commission | 3,402,900 |
| 222 | Office of Public Solicitor | 2,000,000 |
| 224 | Magisterial Services | 23,867,300 |
| 225 | Department of Attorney General | 32,225,200 |
| 226 | Department of Correctional Services | 55,227,000 |
| 227 | Provincial Treasuries | 24,325,800 |
| 228 | Department of Police | 182,030,400 |
| 229 | Department of National Planning & Rural Development | 8,662,000 |
| 230 | Electoral Commission | 53,840,400 |
| 231 | National Intelligence Organisation | 3,000,000 |
| 232 | Department of Provincial & Local Government Affairs | 9,139,000 |
| 234 | Department of Defence | 95,037,400 |
| 235 | Department of Education | 129,207,500 |
| 236 | Office of Higher Education | 33,804,700 |
| 237 | Office of UNESCO | 750,000 |
| 240 | Department of Health | 157,338,100 |
| 241 | Hospital Management Services | 213,638,300 |
| 242 | Department of Community Development | 8,535,100 |
| 243 | National Volunteer Service | 1,100,000 |
| 245 | Department of Environment & Conservation | 9,621,900 |
| 247 | Department of Agriculture & Livestock | 12,005,900 |
| 252 | Department of Lands & Physical Planning | 12,702,400 |
| 254 | Department of Mineral Policy & Geohazard Mgmt | 5,911,500 |
| 255 | Department of Petroleum & Energy | 10,322,300 |
| 258 | Department of State Enterprises & Information | 2,200,000 |
| 259 | Department of Transport | 16,859,500 |
| 261 | Department of Trade & Industry | 7,430,000 |
| 262 | Department of Industrial Relations | 8,162,300 |
| 263 | National Tripartite Consultative Council | 938,800 |
| 264 | Department of Works & Implementation | 50,120,300 |
| 267 | Office of Rural Development | 5,086,300 |
| 268 | Central Supply & Tenders Board | 1,854,200 |
| 299 | Finance & Treasury - Public Debt Services | 2,369,819,800 |
| 502 | Auditor General's Office | 11,226,600 |
| 503 | Ombudsman Commission | 11,500,000 |
| 505 | National Research Institute | 2,913,000 |
| 506 | National Training Council | 2,249,500 |
| 507 | National Economic & Fiscal Commission | 1,207,100 |
| 510 | Legal Training Institute | 1,317,400 |
| 512 | University of Papua New Guinea | 32,131,500 |
| 513 | University of Technology | 29,933,800 |
| 514 | University of Goroka | 11,600,000 |
| 515 | University of Vudal | 6,849,000 |
| 516 | PNG Sports Foundation | 2,759,900 |
| 517 | National Narcotics Bureau | 1,641,700 |
| 518 | PNG Maritime College | 2,680,100 |
| 519 | National Aids Council Secretariat | 5,490,700 |
| 520 | Institute of Medical Research | 3,300,000 |
| 521 | National Youth Commission | 1,500,000 |
| 522 | Constitutional & Law Reform Commission | 1,738,400 |
| 525 | National Broadcasting Corporation | 13,800,000 |
| 526 | National Maritime Safety Authority | 1,500,000 |
| 530 | Investment Promotion Authority | 1,700,000 |
| 531 | Small Business Development Corporation | 2,200,000 |
| 532 | National Institute of Standards & Industrial Technology | 1,993,000 |
| 533 | Industrial Centres Development Corporation | 1,425,500 |
| 539 | National Museum & Art Gallery | 3,500,000 |
| 541 | National Housing Corporation | 210,200 |
| 542 | National Cultural Commission | 3,538,200 |
| 550 | Cocoa Coconut Institute | 5,073,700 |
| 553 | Fresh Produce Development Company (Ltd) | 3,124,700 |
| 557 | National Forest Authority | 24,450,000 |
| 558 | Tourism Promotion Authority | 8,950,000 |
| 562 | National Agriculture Research Institute | 7,044,500 |
| 563 | Nat. Agriculture Quarantine & Inspection Authority | 3,387,300 |
| 565 | Civil Aviation Authority | 12,200,000 |
| 567 | National Road Authority | 837,700 |
| 569 | Independent Consumer and Competition Commission | 1,800,000 |
| 571 | Western Provincial Government | 36,843,200 |
| 572 | Gulf Provincial Government | 22,256,100 |
| 573 | Central Provincial Government | 40,406,600 |
| 574 | National Capital District Commission | 2,957,900 |
| 575 | Milne Bay Provincial Government | 39,316,400 |
| 576 | Oro Povincial Government | 23,275,800 |
| 577 | Southern Highlands Provincial Government | 59,124,500 |
| 578 | Enga Provincial Government | 40,686,600 |
| 579 | Western Highlands Provincial Government | 50,812,900 |
| 580 | Simbu Provincial Government | 39,471,400 |
| 581 | Eastern Highlands Provincial Government | 49,234,500 |
| 582 | Morobe Provincial Government | 73,365,100 |
| 583 | Madang Provincial Government | 40,615,600 |
| 584 | East Sepik Provincial Government | 43,193,100 |
| 585 | Sandaun Provincial Government | 33,368,000 |
| 586 | Manus Provincial Government | 15,082,900 |
| 587 | New Ireland Provincial Government | 26,639,500 |
| 588 | East New Britain Provincial Government | 49,668,300 |
| 589 | West New Britain Provincial Government | 37,357,200 |
| 590 | Autonomous Bougainville Government | 54,000,000 |
| | Grand Total | K6,996,269,100 |
SCHEDULE 2
Immediate Transfer of Funds Appropriated in this Act from Division 207 to Specified Trusts for the year ending 31 December 2008
| SUMMARY | KINA |
| National Agriculture Development Program Trust Account. | 28,000,000 |
| District Service Improvement Trust. | 534,000,000 |
| Government's Gas Commercialisation Equity Financing Trust Account. | 100,000,000 |
| Konebada Petroleum Park Trust Account. | 50,000,000 |
| National Infrastructure Development Program Trust Account. | 195,900,000 |
| Higher Education Sector Infrastructure Maintenance and Rehabilitation Trust Account. | 30,000,000 |
| Rural Electrification Project Trust Account. | 30,000,000 |
| Land Reform Program Trust Account. | 28,000,000 |
| Housing Development Pilot Trust Account. | 27,000,000 |
| Education Sector Infrastructure Maintenance and Rehabilitation Trust Account (Technical School Maintenance). | 20,000,000 |
| Transport Sector Infrastructure Maintenance and Rehabilitation Trust Account. | 45,000,000 |
| Madang Marine Park Development Trust Account. | 15,000,000 |
| Cooperative Societies Establishment Trust Account. | 10,000,000 |
| Amount to be Transferred from Division 207 | K1,112,900,000 |
I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Appropriation (Recurrent Expenditure 2008) Act 2007 which has been made by the National Parliament.
Clerk of the National Parliament.
11 MAR 2008
I hereby certify that the Appropriation (Recurrent Expenditure 2008) Act 2007 was made by the National Parliament on 29 November 2007.
Speaker of the National Parliament
11 MAR 2008
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