FIJI ISLANDS

2005 APPROPRIATION ACT 2004

ACT NO. 19 OF 2004

I assent.

[L.S.]

J. I. ULUIVUDA
President

[23rd December 2004]

AN ACT

TO APPROPRIATE A SUM OF ONE BILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND ONE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE ORDINARY SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2005

[1 January 2005]

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Fiji Islands-

Short title and commencement

1. This Act maybe cited as the 2005 Appropriation Act 2004, and comes into force on 1st January 2005.

Appropriation of $1,258,601,900

2. A sum of $1,258,601,900 is to be issued from the Consolidated Fund or other funds of the State, and applied to the ordinary services of the Government for the year ending 31 December 2005 and such sum is to be appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedules I and II.

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SCHEDULE I
(Section 2)

FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT

HEAD NO.	MINISTRY/DEPARTMENT	AMOUNT	
		$	
1	Office of the President	1, 718, 300	
2	Office of the Prime Minister	17, 102, 600	
3	Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice	18, 795, 100	
4	Ministry of Finance	62, 937, 400	
5	Ministry of Fijian Affairs, Culture and Heritage	23, 011, 200	
6	Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration and Disaster Management	133, 195, 700	
7	Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Productivity	5, 041, 600	
8	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade	16, 655, 300	
9	Office of the Auditor General	3, 281, 900	
10	Elections Office	939, 300	
11	Judiciary	12, 853, 600	
13	Office of the Ombudsman	1, 549, 900	
14	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	2, 312, 300	
15	Ministry of Regional Development	23, 686, 200	
16	Ministry of Information and Media Relations	6, 277, 100	
17	Ministry of Public Enterprises and Public Sector Reform	1, 771, 900	
18	Ministry of Multi-Ethnic Affairs and National Reconciliation	8, 005, 700	
19	National Planning Office	5, 384, 600	
20	Ministry of Education	260, 419, 800	
21	University of the South Pacific	35, 010, 100	
22	Ministry of Health	136, 880, 800	
23	Ministry of Local Government, Housing, Squatter Settlement and Environment	8, 067, 400	
24	Ministry of Women, Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation	23, 950, 000	
25	Ministry of Youth, Employment Opportunities and Sports	4, 527, 800	
26	Fiji Institute of Technology	8, 000, 000	
27	Fiji School of Medicine	2, 894, 800	
30	Ministry of Agriculture, Sugar and Land Resettlement	40, 854, 700	
31	Agricultural Tribunal	238, 100	
32	Ministry of Fisheries and Forests	26, 085, 300	
33	Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources	38, 110, 100	
34	Ministry of Commerce, Business Development and Investment	9, 925, 400	
35	Department of Cooperatives	2, 147, 800	
36	Ministry of Tourism	17, 051, 400	
37	Department of Energy	7, 008, 200	
40	Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation	23, 284, 500	
41	Ministry of Works and Energy	26, 512, 900	
42	Department of National Roads	64, 640, 500	
43	Department of Water and Sewerage	88, 075, 900	
50	Miscellaneous Services	68, 074, 700	
	TOTAL	1,236, 279, 900	

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SCHEDULE II
(Section 2)

		AMOUNT	
		$	
I	Recurrent Loans		
			
1	Loans to Public Officers	1, 000, 000	
2	Production Loan to Farmers	72, 000	
3	Loans to Consumer Co-operative Societies	250, 000	
4	Loans to the Copra Industry for Stabilisation of Earnings	12, 500, 000	
5	Loans to Students attending Tertiary Education Institutions in Fiji	5, 000, 000	
6	Loans to Private Students	500, 000	
7	Loans to the 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	
			
II	Non-Recurrent Loans		
			
1	Students Loan Scheme	1, 500, 000	
	Total Non-Recurrent Loans	1, 500, 000	
	TOTAL	23, 322, 000	

Passed by the House of Representatives this 25th day of November 2004.

Passed by the Senate this 8th day of December 2004.

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