REPUBLIC OF NAURU

(No. 5 of 2007)

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1. Short Title
2. Interpretation
3. Commencement and Expiry
4. Withdrawal of Monies From the Treasury Fund

Schedule

Expenditure Authorised Under this Act

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AN ACT

To provide for the withdrawal and expenditure of monies from the Treasury Fund to meet the expenditures of the Republic for the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, Two thousand and eight.

(Certified: 22nd June 2007)

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of Nauru:-

SHORT TITLE

l. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2007-2008.

INTERPRETATION

2. In this Act

‘the Treasury Fund’ means the fund established under Article 58 of the Constitution of Nauru;

‘the Financial Year’ means the year commencing on the first day of July, Two thousand and seven and ending on the thirtieth day of June, two thousand and eight;

‘head’ means a department or division of the expenditure of the Republic listed in the schedule to this Act;

‘subhead’ means a subdivision of a head.

COMMENCEMENT AND EXPIRY

3. This Act shall come into force on the first day of July, One Thousand and seven and shall cease to have effect on the thirtieth day of June, One Thousand and eight.

WITHDRAWAL OF MONEYS FROM THE TREASURY FUND

4. (1) A sum not exceeding $24,656,959 may be withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended as authorised in the Schedule to this Act.

(2) The amounts in the Schedule to this Act are in substitution for and not in addition to any other Act providing Supply or an Appropriation to the Government in 2007-08 that may be approved by Parliament before this Act comes into force.

(3) Where the Cabinet considers it necessary to increase the amount assigned in the estimates to a particular subhead within a Head, the Cabinet may direct that there shall be applied to the aid of that subhead a further sum out of any surplus arising on any other subhead within the same Head, but so that the total amount withdrawn and expended does not exceed the amount authorised for that Head in the Schedule to this Act.

(4) Where the Cabinet authorises a transfer of funds between subheads within a Head in accordance with sub-section (2), it shall cause to be laid before the Parliament at its first meeting of the Parliament after it has approved the transfer, a copy of the order of the Cabinet approving such transfer.

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THE SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURE

Revised 2006-07 Budget		Government Departments and Directorates	2007-08
Budget	
6,417,952	1	Chief Secretary - Secretariat	940,914	
1,457,647	2	Commerce, Industry and Resources	490,889	
3,919,203	3	Finance - Secretariat	8,107,876	
871,123	4	Directorate of Police and Prisons	1,001,852	
4,127,442	7	Education	4,152,864	
321,375	8	Foreign Affairs - Brisbane Office	283,100	
602,695	9	Directorate of Lands and Survey	627,009	
303,600	10	Justice - Secretariat	224,122	
2,514,289	11	Health	3,288,818	
399,328	12	Parliament	266,529	
388,217	13	Ministerial	537,987	
91,288	16	Judiciary	76,158	
673,955	17	Directorate of Civil Aviation	641,790	
186,942	18	Foreign Affairs - Secretariat	203,945	
70,898	22	Audit	106,172	
136,157	25	Media Bureau	165,146	
182,054	31	Presidency and State House	118,793	
234,613	32	Foreign Affairs - Suva Office	189,917	
270,000	34	Finance - Public Debt	270,000	
227,359	39	Directorate of Bureau of Statistics	19,203	
28,946	40	Women’s Affairs	32,340	
145,150	41	Finance - Philately	145,190	
51,654	44	Directorate of Youth Affairs	52,880	
80,584	47	Lands Committee	101,100	
394,598	48	UN Mission - New York	311,995	
128,306	49	Directorate of Sports	161,660	
2,888,615	50	Transport	32,575	
807,450	51	Fisheries	891,515	
24,784	52	Home Affairs and Culture	30,150	
956,854	53	Maritime Transport	458,435	
310,621	54	Land Transport	287,050	
257,774	55	Taipei Office	224,771	
-	56	Information & Communications Tech Dept.	214,214	
29,471,473	Total	24,656,959	

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of a Bill for an Act entitled Appropriation Act 2007-2008, has been passed by Parliament of Nauru and is now presented to the Speaker for his Certificate under Article 47 of the Constitution.

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Clerk of Parliament
22nd June 2007

Pursuant to Article 47 of the Constitution, I, VALDON K. DOWIYOGO, Speaker of Parliament, hereby certify that the Appropriation Act 2007-2008 has been passed by Parliament of Nauru.

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Speaker
22nd June 2007