REPUBLIC OF NAURU

SUPPLY ACT 1977

(NO. 7 of 1977)

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTIONS
1. Short title.
2. Commencement and expiry
3. Withdrawal of moneys from Treasury Fund.
4. Nauru Housing Fund.
Schedule Expenditure authorised under this Act.

No. 7 of 1977
AN ACT
To make interim provisions 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-eight.
(Certified: June 10, 1977)
Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows:
SHORT TITLE
1. This Act may be cited as the Supply Act 1977.
COMMENCEMENT AND EXPIRY
2. This Act shall come into force on the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven and shall cease to have effect on the first day of October, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven, 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-eight, whichever is the earlier.
WITHDRAWAL OF MONEYS FROM THE TREASURY FUND
3. The amount of Seven million four hundred and fifty-five thousand eight hundred dollars ($7,455,800) may be withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended as authorised in the Schedule to this Act, in payment for goods and services obtained or ordered for the Republic until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.
NAURU HOUSING FUND
4. Where moneys are withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended as authorised in the Schedule to this Act for the erection, maintenance and repair of Nauruan housing, the Treasury Fund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 THIS ACT
Authorised Expenditure 1976 - 1977	Head	Department	Authorised Expenditure (Supply Requirement)	
$A			A$	
134,300	01	Chief Secretary	33,600	
1,212,000	02	Island Development & Industry	12,700	
1,338,600	03	Finance	334,700	
321,500	04	Police, Prisons, Customs, & Immig.	80,400	
52,900	05	Nauruan Affairs	13,200	
3,531,600	06	Works & Community Services	882,900	
1,386,500	07	Education	346,600	
563,300	08	Melbourne Office	140,800	
578,900	09	Lands & Survey	32,000	
94,700	10	Justice	23,700	
849,300	11	Health	212,300	
168,400	12	Parliament	42,100	
182,600	13	Ministerial	45,600	
228,700	14	Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust	57,200	
48,600	15	London Office	12,200	
91,800	16	Judiciary	22,900	
171,600	17	Tokyo Office	42,900	
361,900	18	External Affairs	90,500	
13,200	19	San Francisco Office	3,300	
13,062,700	20	Civil Aviation	3,265,700	
3,076,600	21	Nauruan Housing	769,200	
66,500	22	Audit	16,600	
69,500	23	Broadcasting Service	17,400	
539,400	24	Telecommunications	134,800	
3,100	25	Saipan Office	800	
45,900,	26	Hong Kong Office	11,500	
2,600	27	Honolulu Office	700	
21,000	28	Guam Office	5,200	
2,500	29	Auckland Office	600	
59,400	30	Taipei Office	14,900	
242,300	31	The Presidency & State House	60,600	
35,300	32	Suva Office	8,800	
157,200	33	Government Printer	39,300	
3,554,000	34	Public Debt	623,500	
21,400	35	Central Registry	5,400	
204,800	36	Personnel, Salaries & Registry	51,200	
32,494,600		TOTAL EXPENDITURE	7,455,800	

SUPPLY BILL
OBJECTS AND REASONS
Where the proposed appropriation law for a financial year has not been certified no later than 21 days prior to the commencement of the financial year a supply law may be passed to allow the continued provision of services of the Republic for the first quarter of that financial year or until the sooner certification of the proposed appropriation law. This is such a Bill.
The Bill seeks to authorise withdrawal from the Treasury Fund and expenditure on the services of Nauru of the amount of $7,455,800.00 being the amount estimated as required to maintain the services of the Republic at their existing level for the first quarter of the 1977/1978 financial year. The Bill, if passed, will only have effect for that quarter or until the sooner certification of the proposed appropriation law.
The provision sought to be made is not additional to the provision to be made by the appropriation law when passed
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the attached document is a fair print of an Act entitled Supply Act, that has been, made ,by Parliament and is now presented to the Speaker for his Certificate Under Article, 47 of the Constitution.		Pursuant to Article 35 (3) and 47 of the Constitution, I DAVID PETER GADAROA Speaker of Parliament, HEREBY CERTIFY that the Supply Act, 1977, a copy of which is attached has, been passed by Parliament.	
Clerk of Parliament
June 10, 1977.		Speaker
June 10, 1977.