REPUBLIC OF FIJI

2000 APPROPRIATION ACT (AMENDMENT) DECREE 2000

INTERIM CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT DECREE NO. 20 OF 2000

IN exercise of the powers vested in the Interim Civilian Government by section 4 of the Interim Civilian Government (Transfer of Executive Authority) Decree No. 19 of 2000, I, Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, President of the Republic of Fiji and acting on the advice of the Cabinet, hereby make this Decree:

Short title and commencement

1. This Decree maybe cited as the 2000 Appropriation Act (Amendment) Decree 2000 and commences on 1st August 2000.

Schedules amended

2.-(1) The Schedules to the 2000 Appropriation Act 1999 are amended as shown in the Schedules to this Decree.

(2) The 2000 Appropriation (Parliament) Act 1999 is also amended accordingly under this Decree.

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SCHEDULE I

From the Operating Fund	
	Approved	Reductions	Revised	
HEAD	MINISTRY/DEPT	Budget
$000		Budget
$000	
1	Office of the President	1,530.0	(439.0)	1,091.0	
2	Office of the Prime Minister	10,412.1	(1,922.5)	8,489.6	
3	Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice	15,615.5	(3,354.7)	12,260.8		
4	Ministry of Finance	38,878.1	(10,753.9)	28,124.2	
5	Ministry of Fijian Affairs	12,573.1	787.7	13,360.8	
6	Ministry of Home Affairs	101,309.3	7,587.0	108,896.3	
7	Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Immigration	5,950.3	(914.5)	5,035.8	
8	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade	14,494.8	(3,665.8)	10,829.0	
9	Office of the Auditor-General	2,745.1	(823.1)	1,922.0		
10	Office of the Supervisor of Elections	317.1	(53.1)	264.0	
11	Judiciary	7,114.2	(1,312.4)	5,801.8	
12	Legislature	7,064.6	(2,404.1)	4,660.5	
13	Office of the Ombudsman	903.0	(333.6)	569.4	
14	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	1,134.5	(152.0)	982.5	
15	Ministry of Regional Development and Multi Ethnic Affairs	13,610.8	(3,005.5)	10,605.3	
16	Ministry of Information and Public Relations	3,374.3	(605.8)	2,768.5	
17	Ministry of Women and Culture	1,944.8	(576.4)	1,368.4	
18	Ministry of National Planning	2,913.8	(405.3)	2,508.5	
20	Ministry of Education	197,712.6	(18,018.3)	179,694.3	
21	USP	20,879.3	2,700.0	23,579.3	
22	Ministry of Health	108,351.9	(14,407.4)	93,944.5	
23	Ministry of Local Government and Environment	11,069.9	(5,039.2)	6,030.7	
24	Department of Social Welfare	11,018.4	167.8	11,186.2	
25	Ministry of Youth, Employment Opportunities and Sports	7,105.9	(1,588.2)	5,517.7	
26	Fiji Institute of Technology	7,574.6	(877.8)	6,696.8	
27	Fiji School of Medicine	6,422.8	(2,017.5)	4,405.3	
30	Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forests and ALTA	67,935.6	(23,590.9)	44,344.7	
31	Agriculture Tribunal	214.7	(42.1)	172.6	
33	Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources	25,279.2	(1,778.8)	23,500.4	
34	Ministry of Commerce Business Development and Investment	8,408.8	(2,543.9)	5,864.9	
35	Department of Cooperatives	1,963.6	(279.6)	1,684.0	
36	Ministry of Tourism and Transport	11,070.4	3,531.9	14,602.3	
37	Department of Energy	4,073.7	(2,031.9)	2,041.8	
38	Ministry of Public Enterprise and Sugar Industry	1,891.6	(761.8)	1,129.8	
40	Ministry of Communication, Civil Aviation and Met. Services	9,368.7	(1,343.5)	8,025.2	
41	Ministry of Public Works and Energy	141,276.3	(20,495.9)	120,780.4	
42	Government Shipping Services	6,072.9	(1,089.6)	4,983.3	
43	Department of Marine	2,566.7	(359.8)	2,206.9	
44	Department of Road Transport	3,620.2	(320.5)	3,299.7	
50	Miscellaneous	48,622.3	7,163.4	55,785.7	
51	Pension and Gratuities	37,479.5	(2,085.3)	35,394.2	
52	Charges on Account of Public Debt	233,733.2	(1,614.9)	232,118.3	
	GRAND TOTAL	1,215,598.2	-109,070.9	1,106,527.4	

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SCHEDULE II

	From the Lending Fund	
		Approved	Reductions	Revised	
	Recurrent Loans	Budget $000	$000	Budget $000	
1	Loans to Public Office	1,000.0		1,000.0	
2	Production Loans to Farmers'	72.0		72.0	
3	Loans to Consumer Co-operatives Societies	250.0		250.0	
4	Loans to Copra Industry for Stabilisation of Earnings	12,500.0		12,500.0	
5	Loans to Students attending Tertiary Education Institutions	5,000.0		5,000.0	
6	Loans to Private Students	500.0		500.0	
7	Loans to Timber Industry for Stabilisation of Earnings	1,000.0		1,000.0	
8	Loans to Ministers and Members of Parliament	500.0		500.0	
	Total Recurrent Loans	20,822.0		20,822.0	
	Non-Recurrent Loans		
1	Fiji Hardwood Corporation Limited	2,600.0	(2,600.0)	-	
2	Students Tertiary Education	1,000.0	-	1,000.0	
3	Development Assistance Scheme for Fijians	-	1,000.0	1,000.0	
4	Development Assistance Scheme for other Ethnic Groups	-	500.0	500.0	
	Total Non-Recurrent Loans	3,600.0	(1,100.0)	2,500.0	
	Grand Total	24,422.0	(1,100.0)	23,322.0	

Made at Suva this 27th day of July 2000.

J. I. ULUIVUDA
President of the Republic of Fiji

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