REPUBLIC OF FIJI

2016–2017 Appropriation Act 2016

ACT NO. 15 OF 2016

I assent.

J. K. KONROTE
President 

[12 July 2016] 

AN ACT

TO APPROPPRIATE A SUM OF THREE BILLION, THREE HUNDRED TWO MILLION, TWO HUNDRED TWELVE THOUSAND, AND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE ORDINARY SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 31 JULY 2017 

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji— 

Short title and commencement

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the 2016–2017 Appropriation Act 2016. 

(2) This Act comes into force on 1 August 2016. 

Appropriation of $3,302,212,765

2. A sum of $3,302,212,765 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 financial year ending 31 July 2017, and such sum is to be appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedules 1 and 2 and also the 2016–2017 Budget Estimates. 

Government borrowing

3. The Government borrowing for 2016–2017 shall not exceed the sum of$620,662,265. 

SCHEDULE 1
(Section 2)

	FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT 		
Head No. 	Ministry/Department 	Amount 	
		$ 	
1 	Office of the President 	3,545,173 	
2 	Office of the Prime Minister 	17,595,326 	
3 	Office of the Attorney-General 	19,589,846 	
4 	Ministry of Economy 	94,416,664 	
5 	Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 	11,519,858 	
6 	Ministry of Defence, National Security and Immigration 	8,644,990 	
7 	Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations 	16,293,645 	
8 	Ministry of Foreign Affairs 	43,087,311 	
9 	Office of the Auditor-General 	4,331,018 	
10 	Fijian Elections Office 	12,686,019 	
11 	Judiciary 	40,221,805 	
12 	Parliament 	10,838,878 	
13 	Independent Commissions 	16,211,244 	
14 	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 	5,785,183 	
15 	Ministry of Justice 	47,603,694 	
16 	Ministry of Communications 	36,327,505 	
17 	Ministry of Civil Service 	45,451,168 	
18 	Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management 	31,961,731 	
19 	Republic of Fiji Military Forces 	96,404,811 	
20 	Fiji Police Force 	131,745,742 	

21 	Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts 	448,528,548 	
22 	Ministry of Health and Medical Services 	244,015,165 	
23 	Department of Housing 	25,372,629 	
24 	Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation 	56,018,957 	
25 	Ministry of Youth and Sports 	16,379,687 	
26 	Higher Education Institutions 	93,356,306 	
30 	Ministry of Agriculture 	74,432,722 	
32 	Ministry of Fisheries and Forests 	27,060,910 	
33 	Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources 	31,044,981 	
34 	Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism 	77,003,662 	
35 	Ministry of Sugar 	27,510,344 	
36 	Ministry of Public Enterprises 	13,975,665 	
37 	Ministry of Local Government, Urban Development and Environment 	25,093,132 	
40 	Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport 	120,463,555 	
41 	Water Authority of Fiji 	308,632,635 	
43 	Fiji Roads Authority 	527,151,777 	
49 	Peacekeeping Missions 	78,972,365 	
50 	Miscellaneous Services 	373,733,014 	
	TOTAL 	3,263,007,665 	

SCHEDULE 2 
(Section 2) 

	FROM THE LENDING FUND ACCOUNT 	Amount 	
		$ 	
	Re-current Loans 		
1 	PSC Scholarship Lending Fund 	(300,000) 	
2 	Housing Authority 	(1,415,600) 	
3 	Public Rental Board 	(379,300) 	
4 	Fiji Pine Limited 	(1,200,000) 	
	Total Recurrent Loans 	(3,294,900) 	
	Non-Recurrent Loans 		
1 	Tertiary Education Loans Scheme 	42,500,000 	
			
	Total Non - Recurrent Loans 	42,500,000 	
			
	TOTAL 	39,205,100 	

Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 7th day of July 2016.