REPUBLIC OF NAURU
Appropriation Act 2011-2012

Act No. 11 of 2011

Table of Provisions

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 

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Appropriation Act 2011-2012

Act No. 11 of 2011

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 2012 

Certified on 24 June 2011 

Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows:

1 Short title 

This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2011-2012. 

2 Commencement and expiry 

(1) This Act commences on 1 July 2011. 

(2) This Act ceases to have effect on 30 June 2012. 

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 2012. 

4 Withdrawal of funds from the Treasury Fund 

An amount not exceeding $32,479,012 may be withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended as authorised in the Schedule. 

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, 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 (3) Reimbursed funds credited to a subhead under subsection (1) may be withdrawn and expended as authorised in the Schedule.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 (5) In this section, 'reimbursed funds' means any funds withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended as authorised in the Schedule that are later wholly or partly reimbursed to the Treasury Fund during the financial year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 2012. 

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the amount to be reimbursed may be withdrawn from the Treasury Fund.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(b) the person having withdrawn the application in respect of which the fee or charge had been paid; and 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. 

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Schedule
Section 4 
 
Head	Government Function	2011-12 Estimates	
1 	Presidency and State House 	620,152 	
2 	Ministerial 	473,686 	
3 	Chief Secretariat 	2,900,177 	
4 	Post and Philately 	133,460 	
5 	Audit 	131,660 	
6 	Parliament 	747,376 	
7 	GON WareHouse 	1,592,026 	
11 	Finance Secretariat 	239,755 	
12 	Finance - Public Debt 	2,309,571 	
13 	Bureau of Statistics 	34,977 	
15 	Nauru Revenue Office 	149,598 	
16 	Finance - Other Payments 	5,245,629 	
21 	CIE 	308,225 	
31 	Fisheries 	897,566 	
41 	Police 	1,073,950 	
43 	Justice - Secretariat 	279,367 	
44 	Judiciary 	239,235 	
45 	Border Control 	192,123 	
46 	Correctional Services 	338,540 	
51 	Education 	3,071,608 	
52 	Youth Affairs 	98,254 	
61 	Health 	3,381,634 	
62 	Sports 	133,947 	
71 	Foreign Affairs - Secretariat 	344,111 	
72 	Foreign Affairs - Brisbane 	547,166 	

Head	Government Function	2011-12 Estimates	
73 	Foreign Affairs - Suva 	285,306 	
74 	Foreign Affairs - New York 	633,689 	
75 	Foreign Affairs - Taiwan 	219,059 	
81 	Home Affairs 	60,459 	
82 	Women's Affairs 	45,704 	
83 	Media Bureau 	252,422 	
84 	Lands & Survey 	1,728,257 	
85 	Lands Committee 	158,095 	
91 	Transport Secretariat 	34,297 	
92 	Land Transport 	786,049 	
93 	Maritime Transport 	815,096 	
94 	DCA 	853,321 	
95 	ICT 	828,747 	
96 	Fire & Rescue 	294,719 	
 	Total 	32,479,012