REPUBLIC OF NAURU

Appropriation Act 2010-2011

Act No.1 of 2010

Table of Provisions

Section

1	Short title
2	Commencement and expiry
3	Definitions
4	Withdrawal of funds from the Treasury Fund
5	Credit of reimbursed funds to the Treasury Fund
6	Authorisation to withdraw funds for reimbursement
Schedule

REPUBLIC OF NAURU

Appropriation Act 2010-2011

Act No.1 of 2010

An Act to provide for the withdrawal and expenditure of funds from the Treasury Fund to meet the expenditure of the Republic for the financial year ending on 30 June 2011.
Certified on 1 November 2010

Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows:

1	Short title

This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2010-2011.

2	Commencement and expiry

(1)	This Act is deemed to have commenced on 1 July 2010.

(2)	This Act ceases to have effect on 30 June 2011.

3	Definitions

In this Act:

'subhead' means a sub-division of expenditure listed in the estimates of expenditure for the financial year ending on 30 June 2011.

4	Withdrawal of funds from the Treasury Fund

(1)	An amount not exceeding $60,113,964 may be withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended as authorised in the Schedule.

(2)	The amounts in the Schedule are in substitution for and not in addition to the amounts authorised for withdrawal under Presidential Order 20 dated 15 September 2010 (providing for supply from 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2010).

5	Credit of reimbursed funds to the Treasury Fund

(1)	Reimbursed funds may be credited to the subhead against which they were originally expended.

(2)	For section 4(1), the crediting of reimbursed funds to a subhead under subsection (1) cancels the original withdrawal and expenditure of those funds.

(3)	Reimbursed funds credited to a subhead under subsection (1) may be withdrawn and expended as authorised in the Schedule.

(4)	Reimbursed funds that are not credited to the subhead against which they were originally expended must be recorded as a receipt of revenue.

(5)	In this section, 'reimbursed funds' means any funds withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended as authorised in the Schedule that are later wholly or partly reimbursed to the Treasury Fund during the financial year ending 30 June 2011.

6	Authorisation to withdraw funds for reimbursement

(1)	Where—

(a)	a person has paid to the Republic a fee or charge; and 

(b)	there is a legitimate reason for the person to be reimbursed in whole or in part for the fee or charge, 

the amount to be reimbursed may be withdrawn from the Treasury Fund.

(2)	For subsection (1), 'legitimate reason' includes:

(a)	the fee or charge having been imposed or paid in error;

(b)	the person having withdrawn the application in respect of which the fee or charge had been paid; and

(c)	subject to any applicable law, the Republic having been unable to provide to the person within a reasonable time the good, service, licence or other thing in respect of which the fee or charge had been paid.

Schedule

Section 4(1)

SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURE	
Head	Government Function	2010-11 Domestic Budget	2010-11 Donor Budget	2010-11 Total Budget	
1	Presidency and State House	 229,930 	 280,000 	 509,930 	
2	Ministerial	 555,669 	 - 	 555,669 	
3	Chief Secretariat - Secretariat	 1,645,276 	 960,878 	 2,606,155 	
4	Post and Philately	 122,882 	 - 	 122,882 	
5	Audit	 112,744 	 - 	 112,744 	
6	Parliament	 682,991 	 98,350 	 781,341 	
7	GON Warehouse	 852,402 	 - 	 852,402 	
11	Finance - Secretariat	 272,003 	 7,871,724 	 8,143,727 	
12	Finance - Public Debt	 1,433,257 	 1,000,000 	 2,433,257 	
13	Bureau of Statistics	 50,388 	 - 	 50,388 	
14	Directorate of Payments	 96,081 	 - 	 96,081 	
15	Nauru Revenue Office	 200,000 	 - 	 200,000 	
16	Finance - Other Payments	 5,440,548 	 1,168,439 	 6,608,987 	
21	Commerce, Industry & Environment	 274,307 	 707,299 	 981,605 	
31	Fisheries	 849,786 	 147,606 	 997,392 	
41	Police	 1,372,117 	 71,000 	 1,443,117 	
43	Justice - Secretariat	 269,276 	 604,327 	 873,602 	
44	Judiciary	 179,071 	 119,758 	 298,829 	
45	Justice - Border Control	 185,780 	 - 	 185,780 	
46	Prison and Correctional Services	 450,234 	 - 	 450,234 	
Head	Government Function	2010-11 Domestic Budget	2010-11 Donor Budget	2010-11 Total Budget	
51	Education	 2,606,019 	 3,462,715 	 6,068,734 	
52	Directorate of Youth Affairs	 83,992 	 - 	 83,992 	
61	Health	 3,076,411 	 3,931,409 	 7,007,820 	
62	Sports	 70,807 	 28,031 	 98,838 	
71	Foreign Affairs - Secretariat	 291,860 	 - 	 291,860 	
72	Foreign Affairs - Brisbane	 448,659 	 - 	 448,659 	
73	Foreign Affairs - Suva	 231,573 	 - 	 231,573 	
74	Foreign Affairs - New York	 473,401 	 - 	 473,401 	
75	Foreign Affairs - Taiwan	 219,533 	 - 	 219,533 	
81	Home Affairs and Culture	 53,965 	 - 	 53,965 	
82	Women's Affairs	 42,224 	 19,232 	 61,456 	
83	Media Bureau	 242,708 	 - 	 242,708 	
84	Directorate of Lands & Survey	 1,559,242 	 200,000 	 1,759,242 	
85	Lands Committee	 130,663 	 - 	 130,663 	
91	Transport - Secretariat	 1,312,079 	 9,828,561 	 11,140,640 	
92	Lands Transport	 706,516 	 - 	 706,516 	
93	Maritime Transport	 735,657 	 - 	 735,657 	
94	Directorate of Civil Aviation	 608,031 	 223,936 	 831,967 	
95	ICT	 655,371 	 320,000 	 975,371 	
96	Fire & Rescue	 247,244 	 - 	 247,244 	
 	Total	 29,070,699 	 31,043,265 	 60,113,964 	

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of a Bill for an Act entitled Appropriation Act 2010-2011 that has been passed by the Parliament of Nauru and is now presented to the Speaker for his certificate under Article 47 of the Constitution.	Pursuant to Article 47 of the Constitution, I, Ludwig Scotty, Speaker of Parliament, hereby certify that the Appropriation Act 2010-2011 has been passed by the Parliament of Nauru.	
		
Clerk of Parliament
1 November 2010	Speaker of Parliament
1 November 2010