REPUBLIC OF FIJI

PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION
(Proclamation No… of 2001)

AMENDMENT TO THE 2001 APPROPRIATION DECREE

WHEREAS pursuant to section 85 of the Constitution, the executive authority of the State vests in me;

AND WHEREAS pursuant to section 96 of the Constitution, the executive authority may be exercised by me only on the advice of the Cabinet or a Minister or other body or authority authorised under the Constitution;

AND WHEREAS I am satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest to return the country to parliamentary and democratic rule through the calling of a general election;

AND WHEREAS I am satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest to amend the 2001 Appropriation Decree No. 32 of 2000 for the purposes of conducting the August General Elections;

NOW THEREFORE, acting on the advice of the Cabinet, I make this Proclamation to amend the 2001 Appropriation Decree No. 32 of 2000-

Citation

1. This Decree may be cited as the 2001 Appropriation (Amendment) Decree 2001.

Schedule 1 amended

2.-(1) Schedule 1 to the 2001 Appropriation Decree (No. 32 of 2000) is amended as shown in the Schedule to this Decree.

(2) For the purposes of this Decree, $8,063,082 in Standard Expenditure Group (SEG) 1 in Head 50 is transferred to SEG 7 in the same Head.

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SCHEDULE

Head	Ministry/Department	Revised Budget
$000	
30	Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forests and ALTA	46,711.6	
33	Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources	26,100.2	
34	Ministry of Commerce, Business Development and Investment	7,026.7	
36	Ministry of Tourism and Transport	14,088.3	
50	Miscellaneous Services	111,669.9	

Dated at Suva this 27th day of June 2001.

J.I. ULUIVUDA
President of the Republic of the Fiji Islands

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