PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Supplementary (Appropriation) Act 2011.

No. 3 of 2011.

Certified on: 24 OCT 2011

Supplementary (Appropriation) Act 2011.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

PART I. REDUCTION OF 2011 APPROPRIATION.

1. Reduction of Appropriation.

PART II. - REMITTANCE FROM WORK PERMIT TRUST ACCOUNT.

2. Remittance of K10,000,000 to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

PART III. - 2011 SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET.

3. Re-appropriation of K116,000,000 to Supplementary Budget.
4. Grant of K665,800,000 FOR Additional Appropriation.
5. Appropriation.
6. Adjustment of appropriation between services.
7. Direction for Additional Expenditure for activities to be undertaken throughout Papua New Guinea.
8. Directions for Additional Expenditure for activities to be undertaken before 31 December 2011.
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No. 3 of 2011.

AN ACT

entitled

Supplementary (Appropriation) Act 2011.

Being an Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a further additional sum for expenditure for the year ending 31 December 2011 and to appropriate that sum, as well as reduce the appropriations contained in the Appropriation (National Development Expenditure 2011) Act 2010.

MADE by the National Parliament.

PART I. - REDUCTION OF 2011 APPROPRIATION.

1. REDUCTION OF APPROPRIATION.

The Appropriation (National Development Expenditure 2011) Act 2010 is amended to reduce the appropriation by K116,000,000.00 in accordance with the details set out in Schedule 1.

PART II - REMITTANCE FROM WORK PERMIT TRUST ACCOUNT.

2. REMITTANCE OF K10,000,000 TO THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.

The sum of K10,000,000.00 is to be immediately remitted from the Work Permit Trust Account to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

PART III. - 2011 SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET.

3. RE-APPROPRIATION OF K116,000,000 TO SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET.

The appropriations identified in Schedule 1 are re-appropriated for the purposes identified in Section 8 of this Act.

4. GRANT OF K665,800,000 FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION.

Subject to authorization from the Minister, the Secretary for Treasury may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for additional expenditure for the year ending 31 December 2011 the sum of K665,800,000.

5. APPROPRIATION.

The sum of K781,800,000 is granted by this Act out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure for the year ending 31 December 2011 and is appropriated for the approved purposes to the Agencies in Schedule 2.

6. ADJUSTMENT OF APPROPRIATION BETWEEN SERVICES.

Where there is insufficient or no appropriation to meet expenditure for a particular activity identified in this Bill, the Secretary for Treasury may direct the re-allocation of any unexpended appropriation under this Act through the Secretary's Advance, provided that doing so does not contravene the directions contained in Section 9 of this Act.

7. DIRECTION FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE FOR ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN THROUGHOUT PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

(1) K648,500,000 of the amount appropriated in Section 5 must be immediately transferred to trust accounts identified in Schedule 3, for the approved purposes expressed in this section.

(2) Where a trust account specified in Schedule 3 does not exist, a new trust account is to be established by the Minister for Finance under Section 15 of the Public Finances (Management) Act 1995 and the transfer will take place immediately on the establishment of the trust account. All newly created trust accounts must be held with the Bank of Papua New Guinea.

(3) The funds cannot be utilized or transferred for any other purpose. In the event that the amounts expressed in Schedule 3 are not transferred as directed by this section, the appropriation shall lapse and the amounts will be returned to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

(4) The approved purposes for which funds are transferred to the trust funds as specified in Schedule 3 are as follows:

(a) K300,000,000 for the provision of Tuition Fee Free Education throughout Papua New Guinea; and

(b) 72,000,000 for District Rural Health Centres improvement, maintenance and redevelopment; and

(c) 72,000,000 for Maintenance and Improvements for Rural Districts Roads; and

(d) 50,000,000 for Transport Sector - Provincial Roads; and

(e) 40,000,000 for Ministerial Commitments made in support of the PNG LNG Project; and

(f) K30,000,000 for Port Moresby Roads; and

(g) K21,000,000 for the maintenance and renewal of infrastructure and equipment at Provincial Hospitals; and

(h) K20,000,000 for the 2015 Pacific Games; and

(i) K15,000,000 for National Parliament Infrastructure Maintenance; and

(j) K10,000,000 for maintenance of Gordons Police Barracks; and

(k) K6,500,000 for the maintenance and renewal of priority equipment at Port Moresby General Hospital; and

(l) K5,000,000 for maintenance of Defence Barracks; and

(m) K5,000,000 for the maintenance of Correctional Services Barracks; and

(n) K2,000,000 for Financial Audit and Legal Advice services to the Department of Finance.

8. DIRECTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE FOR ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN BEFORE 31 DECEMBER 2011.

K133,000,000 of funds appropriated in this Part is for additional expenditure to be undertaken before 31 December 2011, with funds to be transferred out of Division 207 for the following purposes:

(a) K17,000,000 for the Coastal Vessels Program to be administered by the Department of Transport; and

(b) K15,000,000 to the Autonomous Bougainville Government; and

(c) K15,000,000 for Counterpart funding for Road Maintenance and Upgrading (Sector) Project Funded by Loan Number ADB 1709-PNG; and

(d) K10,000,000 for the State-Church Health Partnership to be administered by the Department of National Planning and Monitoring; and

(e) K10,000,000 for agriculture related activities administered by the Department of Agriculture and Livestock; and

(f) K10,000,000 for 2011 recurrent budget funding for the National Parliament; and

(g) K8,500,000 for the District Markets Program to be administered by the Department of National Planning and Monitoring; and

(h) K6,000,000 for the Goilala Highway to be administered by the Department of Works and Implementation; and

(i) K6,000,000 for the Malalaua-Kaintiba Highway feasibility study to be administered by the Department of Works and Implementation; and

(j) K5,000,000 for the settlement of outstanding legal costs owing to Downer Construction to be administered by the Department of Treasury; and

(k) K5,000,000 for the maintenance and replacement of equipment and infrastructure at the University of Papua New Guinea; and

(l) K5,000,000 for the review of agreements made under the Petroleum MOA: and

(m) K5,000,000 for the Nadzab Airport Road Maintenance to be administered by the Department of Works and Implementation; and

(n) K5,000,000 for Air Freight Subsidies to be administered by the Department of National Planning and Monitoring; and

(o) K4,000,000 for the Drought Preparedness program administered by the National Agriculture Research Institute; and

(p) K3,000,000 for the Smallholder Agriculture Development Projects (SADP) – GoPNG Funding Trust Account administered by the Department of Agriculture and Livestock; and

(q) K2,000,000 for Air Services Outstanding Investigations to be administered by the Accident Investigation Commission; and

(r) K1,800,000 for PNG Air Services Limited.

SCHEDULE 1.

Reduction of Appropriation (Development Expenditure) Act 2010 identified in Part 1 of this Act

DIVISION	SUMMARY	KINA	

220	
Department of Personnel Management
	
10,000,000	
229	Department of National Planning and Monitoring
	62,000,000	
240	Department of Health
	29,000,000	
541	National Housing Corporation
	15,000,000	
Total Appropriation	116,000,000	
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SCHEDULE 2.

Estimates of Expenditure in PART 3 of this Act for the Year ending 31 December 2011

DIVISION	SUMMARY	KINA	

207	
Department of Treasury and Finance (miscellaneous)
	
781,800,000	
Total Appropriation	781,800,000	

SCHEDULE 3.

Immediate Transfer of Funds Appropriated in PART 3 of this Act from Division 207 to Specified Trusts for the year ending 31 December 2011

SUMMARY
	KINA	
(a) Tuition Fee Free Education Trust Account
	300,000,000	
(b) Transport Sector — Rural Districts Roads Trust Account
	72,000,000	
(c) District Rural Health Centres Trust Account
	72,000,000	
(d) Transport Sector — Provincial Roads Trust Account
	50,000,000	
(e) Ministerial Commitments PNG LNG Trust Account
	40,000,000	
(f) Port Moresby Roads Trust Account
	30,000,000	
(g) Provincial Hospitals Equipment and Infrastructure Trust Accounts
	21,000,000	
(h) South Pacific Games Trust Account
	20,000,000	
(i) National Parliament Infrastructure Rehabilitation Trust Account
	15,000,000	
(j) Gordons Police Barracks Maintenance and Improvement Trust Account
	10,000,000	
(k) Port Moresby General Hospital Equipment and Infrastructure Improvement Trust Account
	6,500,000	
(l) Defence Barracks Maintenance and Improvement Trust Account
	5,000,000	
(m) Correctional Services Barracks Maintenance and Improvement Trust Account
	5,000,000	
(n) Financial Audit and Legal Advice Trust Account
	2,000,000	
Amount to be Transferred from Division 207 to Trust	648,500,000	
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I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Supplementary (Appropriation) Act 2011 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.
24 OCT 2011

I hereby certify that the Supplementary (Appropriation) Act 2011 was made by the National Parliament on 21 September 2011.

Acting Speaker of the National Parliament.
24 OCT 2011