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2019 Appropriation Act 2018


2019 APPROPRIATION ACT 2018


(NO. 15 OF 2018)


PASSED by the National Parliament this tenth day of December 2018.

(This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill passed by Parliament and found by me to be a true copy of the Bill)


Clezy Rore
Clerk to National Parliament


ASSENTED to in Her Majesty’s name and on Her Majesty’s behalf this twenty-fourth Day of December2018.


Sir Frank Utu Ofagioro Kabui
Governor-General


Date of Commencement: see section 2
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THREE BILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIX MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE DOLLARS TO THE SERVICE OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2019.


ENACTED BY THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT OF SOLOMON ISLANDS.


2019 APPROPRIATION ACT 2018

Table of provisions

1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Authorisation of appropriation
4 Government borrowing limits
5 Debt service account
6 Advance warrants
7 Contingency warrants
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2


2019 APPROPRIATION ACT 2018

  1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the 2019 Appropriation Act 2018.

  1. Commencement

This Act commences on 1 January 2019.

  1. Authorisation of appropriation

(1) The issue of an amount of $3,806,282,473 from the Consolidated Fund is authorised, to be applied to the service of the financial year ending 31 December 2019.

(2) The amount specified in subsection (1) is appropriated for the supply of the heads specified in Schedule 1 in the amount specified for each head.

  1. Government borrowing limits

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 66(2) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013 for the financial year ending 31 December 2019.

(2) The Government may borrow or agree to borrow amounts not exceeding in total the borrowing limits specified in Schedule 2, column 1, for the purposes specified opposite in column 2, from the sources specified opposite in column 3.

  1. Debt service account

For section 69(2) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013, the Minister must set aside 1.87% of the Government’s domestically sourced revenue earned in the financial year ending 31 December 2019, to be transferred into the debt service account for the purpose of discharging statutory debt.

  1. Advance warrants

For section 60(2) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013, the total amounts authorised by advance warrants issued by the Minister for the financial year ending 31 December 2019 must not at any one time, after deducting repayments and monies on deposit, exceed $150,000,000.

  1. Contingency warrants

The total sums authorised by contingency warrants issued by the Minister under section 58 of the Public Financial Management Act 2013 for the financial year ending 31 December 2019 must not exceed $19,200,000 and may only be used for the recurrent and development heads of expenditure specified in Schedule 1, Parts 1 and 3.


SCHEDULE 1

Section 3

PART 1 - RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

Head
Ministry
Expenditure Authorised ($)
268
Solomon Island Electoral Office
45,581,801
269
Office of the Ombudsman
5,112,442
270
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development
35,762,536
271
Office of the Auditor-General
8,611,518
272
Ministry of Education and Human Resources
1,175,407,911
273
Ministry of Finance and Treasury
150,448,820
274
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade
67,801,497
275
Office of the Governor-General
10,137,414
276
Ministry of Health and Medical Services
428,496,994
277
Ministry of Infrastructure Development
68,600,826
278
National Debt Servicing
0
279
National Parliament
102,112,992
280
Ministry of Forestry and Research
25,849,204
281
Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
124,720,594
282
Pensions and Gratuities
0
283
Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services
297,864,986
284
Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening
121,286,765
285
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey
19,093,029
286
Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination
7,106,739
287
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
28,119,660
288
Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration
44,362,389
289
Ministry of Communication and Aviation
48,771,838
290
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources
23,886,410
291
Ministry of Public Service
30,255,363
292
Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs
32,342,437
293
Ministry of Home Affairs
17,460,372
294
Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace
17,552,734
295
Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification
16,697,760
296
National Judiciary
30,712,688
297
Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs
12,301,842
298
Ministry of Rural Development
19,194,912
299
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology
31,833,080

TOTAL RECURRENT ESTIMATES
3,047,487,553

PART 2 - BUDGET SUPPORT EXPENDITURE


Head

Ministry
Expenditure Authorised ($)
372
Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development
65,259,001
376
Ministry of Health and Medical Services
134,675,641
383
Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services
4,235,213
390
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources
7,107,040
399
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology
2,218,025

TOTAL BUDGET SUPPORT ESTIMATES
213,494,920

PART 3 - DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE

Head
Ministry
Expenditure Authorised ($)
470
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development
12,200,000
471
Office of the Auditor General
1,000,000
472
Ministry of Education and Human Resources
58,000,000
473
Ministry of Finance and Treasury
24,000,000
476
Ministry of Health and Medical Services
23,000,000
477
Ministry of Infrastructure Development
85,500,000
480
Ministry of Forestry and Research
6,665,000
481
Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
76,500,000
483
Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services
15,000,000
484
Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening
40,000,000
485
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey
4,000,000
486
Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination
20,500,000
487
Ministry of Culture and Tourism
7,824,429
488
Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration
10,700,000
489
Ministry of Communication and Aviation
14,000,000
490
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources
4,700,000
492
Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs
2,129,863
493
Ministry of Home Affairs
500,000
495
Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification
9,000,000
496
National Judiciary
1,000,000
497
Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs
1,120,708
498
Ministry of Rural Development
120,000,000
499
Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology
7,960,000

TOTAL SIG FUNDED DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATES
545,300,000

TOTAL EXPENDITURE $3,806,282,473


NOTE: In addition to the amount authorised by this Act, a further $100,925,913 is forecast to be expended through statutory charges on the Consolidated Fund, including $78,341,019 to be expended on National Debt Repayments. These Statutory Appropriations are explained in the Financial Policy Objectives and Strategies Statement (Budget Paper 1) and the Recurrent Estimates Document (Budget Paper 2) and are appropriated by existing legislation or the Constitution.

SCHEDULE 2


Section 4

GOVERNMENT BORROWING LIMITS


Column 1
Total borrowing limit
Column 2
Permitted purposes
Column 3
Source
Face value of Treasury Bills on issue at the end of 2019 must not exceed the face value of Treasury Bills on issue at the beginning of 2019 by more than $100,000,000
Purposes specified in section 71(4) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013 (exceptional circumstances such as a major economic shock or natural disaster)
Treasury Bills issued under Government Loans and Securities Act (Cap. 119)
$300,000,000
Purposes specified in section 71(3) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013 (specifically for $300,000,000 for high priority infrastructure and development initiatives)
Multilateral or bilateral development partners, domestic financial institutions




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