FIJI ISLANDS

2007 APPROPRIATION ACT 2006
ACT NO. 17

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

[5 December 2006]
AN ACT

TO APPROPRIATE A SUM OF ONE BILLION, FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED AND FOUR DOLLARS FOR THE ORDINARY SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2007

[1st January, 2007]

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Fiji Islands -

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the 2007 Appropriation Act 2006, and comes into force on 1st January 2007.

Appropriation of $1,517,709,404

2. A sum of $1,517,709,404 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 2007 and such sum is to be appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedules 1 and 2 and the 2007 Budget Estimates.

Redeployment in 2006

3. Columns 4 and 5 of Schedule 3 set out the sum of $7,665,129 being redeployed in 2006 and Columns 6 and 7 sets out further redeployment of $58,130,288, by virtue of section 22 of the Financial Management Act 2004.

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SCHEDULE 1

From the Operating Fund Account

Head No	Ministry/Department	Amount
	
		$	
			
1	Office of the President and Office of the Prime Minister	10,988,839	
2	Public Service Commission	12,739,801	
3	Office of the Attorney-General	4,681,907	
4	Ministry of Finance and National Planning	105,588,285	
5	Ministry of Fijian Affairs, Culture, Heritage, Provincial Development and Lands	85,752,711	
6	Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration	6,077,375	
7	Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations	6,813,335	
8	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade	17,151,811	
9	Office of the Auditor-General	3,025,285	
10	Elections Office	2,820,846	
11	Judiciary	12,482,265	
13	Office of the Ombudsman	1,648,098	
14	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	4,072,162	
15	Ministry of Justice	16,344,733	
16	Ministry of Information, Communication and Media Relations	7,816,858	
17	Ministry of Public Enterprises and Public Sector Reform	2,503,891	
18	Ministry of Multi-Ethnic Affairs and National Reconciliation	8,498,240	
19	Fiji Military Force	85,956,273	
20	Fiji Police Force	77,557,478	
21	Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports	333,989,385	
22	Ministry of Health	155,370,101	
23	Ministry of Local Government and Urban Development	4,002,841	
24	Ministry of Women, Social Welfare and Housing	34,944,423	
25	Ministry of Employment Opportunities and Productivity	2,463,253	
30	Ministry of Agriculture	46,760,605	
31	Ministry of Environment	4,721,994	
32	Ministry of Fisheries and Forests	20,001,657	
33	Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources	10,775,468	
34	Ministry of Commerce and Industry	15,523,125	
40	Ministry of Tourism and Transport	43,784,846	
41	Ministry of Pubic Utilities and Infrastructure Development	231,501,152	
50	Miscellaneous Services	117,428,361	
			
		$1,493,787,404	

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SCHEDULE 2

	From the Lending Fund Account	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	13,500,000	
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	1,100,000	
	Total Recurrent Loans	22,422,000	
			
	Non-Recurrent Loans		
1	Student's Loan Scheme	1,500,000	
			
	Total Non - Recurrent Loans	1,500,000	
			
	TOTAL	23,922,000	

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SCHEDULE 3

From the Operating Fund Account

Head No.	Ministry/
Department	Amount						
								
	Ministry	2006 Original 	Redeployment 	Redeployment 	Redeployment 	Redeployment	2006 Revised	
		Budget	To (1)	From (1)	To (2)	From (2)	Budget	
								
1	Office of the President and Office of the Prime Minister	8,646,318			1,460,000		10,106,318	
								
2	Public Service Commission	9,944,403					9,944,403	
								
3	Office of the Attorney-General	4,128,367					4,128,367	
								
4	Ministry of Finance	80,715,775				3,457,375	77,258,400	
								
5	Minister of Fijian Affairs, Culture and Heritage, Provincial Development and Lands	86,061,619			500,000	10,188,200	76,373,419	
								
6	Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration	6,712,996					6,712,996	
								
7	Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations	6,961,823				168,750	6,793,073	
								
8	Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade	17,012,176			1,980,000		18,992,176	
								
9	Office of the Auditor-General	3,345,814					3,345,814	
								
10	Elections Office	23,772,521	7,665,129			1,462,500	29,975,150	
								
11	Judiciary	12,698,099				225,000	12,473,099	
								
12	Legislature	11,641,930			140,000		11,781,930	
								
13	Office of the Ombudsman	1,572,456					1,572,456	
								
14	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	3,806,148					3,806,148	
								
15	Minister of Justice	15,981,168				393,750	15,587,418	
								
16	Ministry of Information, Communication and Media Relations	6,200,817				600,000	5,600,817	
								
17	Ministry of Public Enterprises and Public Sector Reform	1,882,426					1,882,426	
								
18	Ministry of Multi-Ethnic Affairs and National Reconciliation	8,230,093				458,750	7,771,343	
								
19	Fiji Military Force	76,486,479					76,486,479	
								
20	Fiji Police Force	69,556,074				753,750	68,802,324	
								
21	Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports	307,160,91919				2,567,662	304,593,257	
								
22	Ministry of Health	147,062,277				2,093,505	144,968,772	
								
23	Ministry of Local Government and Urban Development	8,631,333				729,993	7,901,340	
								
24	Ministry of Women, Social Welfare and Housing	26,517,805					26,517,805	
								
30	Ministry of Agriculture	53,642,453				5,434,220	48,208,233	
								
31	Ministry of Environment	3,347,000				225,000	3,122,000	
								
32	Ministry of Fisheries and Forests	32,955,049			1,125,000		34,080,049	
								
33	Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources	12,461,550				1,125,000	11,336,550	
								
34	Ministry of Commerce and Industry	12,677,271				850,000	11,827,271	
								
40	Ministry of Tourism and Transport	40,603,996				1,118,751	39,485,285	
								
41	Ministry of Public Utilities and Infrastructure Development	202,367,325				18,028,082	184,339,243	
								
50	Miscellaneous Services	67,828,861		7,665,129	52,925,288	8,250,000	104,839,020	
								
		1,370,613,341	7,665,129	7,665,129	58,130,288	58,130,288	1,370,613,341	

Passed by the House of Representatives this 23rd day November 2006.

Passed by the Senate this 4th day of December 2006.

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