REPUBLIC OF NAURU

SUPPLY ACT 1976

(No. 5 of 1976)

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Sections
1. Short Title
2. Commencement
3. Withdrawal of Moneys from the Treasury Fund
4. Nauru Housing Fund
Schedule - Expenditure authorised under this Act.

No. 5 of 1976
AN ACT
To make interim provision for the withdrawal and expenditure of moneys from the Treasury Fund and the Nauru Housing Fund in payment for goods and services obtained or ordered for the Republic during the first quarter of the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven.
(Certified: 22nd June, 1976)
Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows:
SHORT TITLE.
1. This Act may be cited as the Supply Act 1976.
COMMENCEMENT.
2. This Act shall come into force on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-six and shall cease to have effect on the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-six, or upon the coming into operation of the appropriation law in respect of the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven, whichever is the earlier.
WITHDRAWAL OF MONEYS FROM THE TREASURY FUND.
3. (1) The amount of Seven million two hundred and seventy-four thousand nine hundred dollars ($7,274,900) may be withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended as authorised in the Schedule to this Act, in payment for goods and services obtained or ordered for the Republic until this Act shall cease to have effect in accordance with section 2 of this Act.
(2) Where, during the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-six, any liability has been lawfully incurred to withdraw moneys from the Treasury Fund and to expend them in payment for goods or services obtained or ordered for the Republic during that financial year for any purpose authorised by the Finance Act 1975-1976, or any Supplementary Finance Act in respect of that financial year, and such liability has not been discharged during that financial year, moneys may be withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended until this Act shall cease to have effect in accordance with section 2 of this Act, for the purpose of discharging such liability:
Provided that the total amount of moneys so withdrawn shall, in no case, exceed the total amount authorised by the said Finance Act and all such Supplementary Finance Acts.
(3) Where the withdrawal of moneys from the Treasury Fund and its expenditure has been authorised by the Finance Act 1975-1976 in respect of any liability incurred for goods or services lawfully obtained or ordered for the Republic under the provisions of any Finance Act or Supplementary Finance Act enacted in respect of any financial year which ended on or before the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five, then, if any such liability has not been fully discharged on or before the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-six, moneys may be withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended until this Act shall cease to have effect, in accordance with section 2 of this Act, to discharge that liability.
NAURU HOUSING FUND.
4. Where moneys are withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended as authorised in the Schedule to this Act or under the provisions of subsection (2) or subsection (3) of section 3 of this Act for the erection, maintenance and repair of Nauruan housing, the Treasury Fund shall be reimbursed from the Nauru Housing Fund to the extent of that expenditure and the Nauru Housing Fund is hereby charged accordingly.

SCHEDULE
EXPENDITURE AUTHORISED UNDER THE SUPPLY ACT 1976

Authorised Expenditure 1975-1976 as of 1st June, 1976 	Department/Division	Supply Requirement	
$  189,400	Parliament (12)	47,300	
337,400	The Presidency and State House (31)	84,400	
443,800	Chief Secretary (01)	111,000	
45,700	Nauruan Affairs Office (05)	11,400	
66,700	Broadcasting Service (23)	16,700	
207,300	Ministerial (13)	51,800	
238,000	Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust (14)	59,500	
451,000	External Affairs (18)	112,700	
356,600	Melbourne Office (08)	91,900	
67,000	London Office (15)	16,800	
159,000	Tokyo Office (17)	39,700	
12,800	San Francisco Office (19)	3,200	
3,100	Saipan Office (25)	800	
48,100	Hong Kong Office (26)	12,000	
2,600	Honolulu Office (27)	700	
15,900	Guam Office (28)	4,000	
2,200	Auckland Office (29)	600	
56,100	Taipei Office (30)	14,000	
1,240,200	Finance (03)	310,000	
100,800	Justice (10)	25,200	
300,600	Police, Prisons, Customs and Immigration (04)	75,100	
99,600	Judiciary (16)	24,900	
1,504,100	Island Development and Industry (02)	376,000	
804,400	Lands and Survey (09)	201,100	
227,500	Radio Station (24)	66,900	
9,868,000	Civil Aviation (20)	2,467,000	
5,228,400	Works and Community Services (06)	1,307,100	
2,326,500	Nauruan Housing (21)	581,600	
743,000	Health (11)	185,800	
1,239,500	Education (07)	309,900	
47,000	Audit (22)	11,700	
$26,443,300	Total Ordinary Expenditure	$6,610,800	
2,000,000	Loan Repayment to N.P.R.T.	500,000	
656,300	Interest on Loan from N.P.R.T.	164,100	
$29,099,600	Total Expenditure	$7,274,900	

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the attached document is a fair print of an Act entitled the Supply Act 1976 that has been made by Parliament and is now presented to the Deputy Speaker for His Certificate under Article 47 of the Constitution.	Pursuant to Article 35 (3) and 47 of the Constitution, I, PETER GADARAOA Deputy Speaker of Parliament HEREBY CERTIFY that the Supply Act 1976 a copy of which is attached has been passed by Parliament.	
Clerk of Parliament
22nd June 1976	Deputy Speaker
22nd June 1976