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2002 Appropriation Act 2002

SOLOMON ISLANDS


THE 2002 APPROPRIATION ACT 2002


(NO. 3 OF 2002)


Passed by the National Parliament this eleventh day of April 2002.


Assented to in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf this third day of May 2002.


Date of commencement: date of publication in the Gazette.


AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT DOLLARS, TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 2002.


ENACTED by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands.


Short title


1. This Act may be cited as the 2002 Appropriation Act 2002.


Authorisation of the issue form the Consolidated Fund $462,800,428 to the service of 2002


2. The issue from the Consolidated Fund is hereby authorised of a sum of four hundred and sixty two million eight hundred thousand four hundred and twenty eight dollars to be applied to the service of the year ending 31st December, 2002.


Appropriation


3. The sum specified in the preceding section shall be appropriated for the supply of the heads specified, and in the amounts respectively specified in relation thereto, in the First Schedule.


Overdrafts and Advances


4. The Government may, at any time or times not later than 31st December 2002, borrow by way of overdraft and advances within or outside Solomon Islands, any sum not exceeding in the whole one hundred million dollars on such terms and conditions as the Minister of Finance may deem expedient.


Developments and Rehabilitation Loans


5. (1) The Government may, in addition to its borrowings under the provisions of section 4, borrow or enter into agreements to borrow on such terms and conditions as it may determine amounts up to such sums of money for such purposes and from such sources as are respectively specified in the first, second and third columns of the Second Schedule.


(2) No amounts may be borrowed under subsection (1) except in accordance with an agreement under that subsection entered into on or before 31st December 2002.


(3) The Government shall not, without first obtaining the further authority of Parliament to borrow for the purposes ascribed thereto, borrow any sum or sums in excess of the figure shown in the first column of the Second Schedule.


(4) The Minister shall report to Parliament at the meeting next following such borrowing or agreement of any borrowing or the making of any agreement to borrow under subsection (1).


Advance Warrant


6. The total sums authorised by advance warrants issued by the Minister in exercise of his powers under section 13 of the Public Finance and Audit Act (Cap 120) for the financial year 2002 shall not at any time exceed ten million dollars.


Contingencies Warrant


7. The total sums authorised by contingencies warrants issued by the Minister in exercise of his powers under section 15 of the Public Finance and Audit Act (Cap 120) for the financial year 2002 shall not exceed the following amounts:


(a) in respect of heads of Recurrent Expenditure, two million dollars;


(b) in respect of Heads of Development Expenditure, two million dollars.


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FIRST SCHEDULE
(Section 3)


RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURE AUTHORISED


HEAD





240
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
5,300,000

241
Auditor General
258,624

242
Ministry of Commerce, Employment and Trade
3,300,000

243
Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Aviation
2,599,571

244
Ministry of Education
56,000,000

245
Ministry of Finance
7,660,000

246
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources
1,019,419

247
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4,166,044

248
Ministry of Forestry, Environment and Conservation
1,444,044

249
Governor General
639,124

250
Ministry of Health and Medical Services
40,700,000

251
Ministry of Home Affairs
3,987,105

252
Ministry of Lands and Survey
7,400,000

253
Ministry of Mines and Energy
1,455,454

255
National Parliament
5,050,278

256
Ministry of National Planning
790,384

257
Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace
1,296,398

258
Office of the Prime Minister
12,531,236

259
Pensions and Gratuities
201,000

260
Ministry of Police, National Security and Justice
31,647,527

261
Ministry of Provincial Government and Rural Development
17,080,277

262
Ministry of Transport, Works and Communication
12,613,907

263
Ministry of Youth, Sports and Women Development
1,539,845

264
Ministry of Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment
512,041
219,202,474



DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE


440
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
200,000

442
Ministry of Commerce, Employment and Trade
12,600,000

443
Ministry of Aviation and Tourism
2,700,000

444
Ministry of Education and Training
76,900,000

445
Ministry of Finance
2,500,000

448
Ministry of Forestry, Environment and Conservation
1,000,000

450
Ministry of Health and Medical Services
11,900,000

456
Ministry of National Planning
13,419,056

457
Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace
59,328,898

458
Office of the Prime Minister
14,250,000

461
Ministry of Provincial Government and Rural Development
11,000,000

462
Ministry of Transport, Works and Communication
35,800,000

243,597,954
TOTAL RECURRENT AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE
462,800,428

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SECOND SCHEDULE
(Section 5)


Column 1
Column 2
Column 3



Maximum Borrowing
Use of Funds
Source of Funds
100,000,000
To include;

(a) Rehabilitation and recovery program costs including regularising outstanding financial obligations carried forward into 2002.

(b) Development projects in natural resources, economic infrastructure and human resources.
Multilateral, bilateral and other financial institutions

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