FIJI ISLANDS

2003 APPROPRIATION ACT 2002

ACT NO. 30 OF 2002

I assent.
[L.S.]
J.I. ULUIVUDA
President

[23 December 2002]

AN ACT

TO APPROPRIATE A SUM OF ONE BILLION AND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND AND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2003 AND FOR RELATED MATTERS

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Fiji Islands-

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the 2003 Appropriation Act 2002.

Appropriation of $1,146,288,200

2. A sum of $1,146,288,200 is to be issued from the Consolidated Fund or other funds of the State, and applied to the service of the year ending 31 December 2003 and such sum is to be appropriated for the purposes as specified in Schedules I and II.

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SCHEDULE I

From the Operating Fund Account

Head No	Ministry/Department	Amount	
		$	
1.	Office of the President	1,592,700	
2.	Office of the Prime Minister	24,784,500	
3.	Office of the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice	16,077,200	
4.	Ministry of Finance	45,999,600	
5.	Ministry of Fijian Affairs & Culture	16,872,400	
6.	Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration	114,602,700	
7.	Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Productivity	4,223,100	
8.	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade	16,068,000	
9.	Office of the Auditor-General	2,801,200	
10.	Elections Office	220,300	
11.	Judiciary	9,124,200	
13.	Office of the Ombudsman	1,433,000	
14.	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	1,639,200	
15.	Ministry of Regional Development	16,176,700	
16.	Ministry of Information and Media Relations	3,524,500	
17.	Ministry of Public Enterprises and Public Sector Reform	1,373,500	
18.	Ministry of Multi-Ethnic Affairs	5,461,300	
19.	National Planning Office	4,887,700	
20.	Ministry of Education	221,478,600	
21.	University of the South Pacific	30,995,300	
22.	Ministry of Health	116,349,200	
23.	Ministry of Local Government, Housing, Squatter Settlement and Environment	9,623,100	
24.	Ministry of Women, Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation	19,911,400	
25.	Ministry of Youth, Employment Opportunities and Sports	8,552,300	
26.	Fiji Institute of Technology	7,440,900	
27.	Fiji School of Medicine	5,422,800	
30.	Ministry of Agriculture, Sugar and Land Resettlement	35,370,300	
31.	Agricultural Tribunal	208,200	
32.	Ministry of Fisheries and Forests	13,687,600	
33.	Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources	31,844,800	
34.	Ministry of Commerce, Business Development and Investment	10,482,400	
35.	Department of Co-operatives	2,040,400	
36.	Ministry of Tourism	16,273,700	
37.	Department of Energy	7,005,500	
40.	Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation	5,674,800	
41.	Ministry of Works and Energy	186,311,200	
42.	Government Shipping Services	7,535,900	
43.	Department of Fiji Islands Maritime Safety Administration	2,387,600	
44.	Ministry of Communications	1,767,100	
50.	Miscellaneous Services	96,741,300	
		$1,123,966,200	

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SCHEDULE II

From the Lending Fund Account Amount	Amount	
	$	
Re-current Loans		
		
1.	Loans to Public Officers	1,000,000	
2.	Production Loans to Farmers	72,000	
3.	Loans to Consumer Co-operatives Societies	250,000	
4.	Loans to Copra Industry for Stabilisation of Earnings	12,500,000	
5.	Loans to Students attending Tertiary Education Institutions	5,000,000	
6.	Loans to Private Students	500,000	
7.	Loans to Timber Industry for Stabilisation of Earnings	1,000,000	
8.	Loans to Ministers and Members of Parliament	500,000	
			
	Total Recurrent Loans	20,822,000	
			
Non - Recurrent Loans		
		
1.	Student's Loan Scheme	1,500,000	
	Total Non-Recurrent Loans	1,500,000	
	TOTAL	22,322,000	

Passed by the House of Representatives this 29th day of November 2002.

Passed by the Senate this 13th day of December 2002.

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