SOLOMON ISLANDS

THE 2002 APPROPRIATION ACT 2002

(NO. 3 OF 2002)

Passed by the National Parliament this eleventh day of April 2002.

Assented to in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf this third day of May 2002.

Date of commencement: date of publication in the Gazette.

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT DOLLARS, TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 2002.

ENACTED by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands.

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the 2002 Appropriation Act 2002.

Authorisation of the issue form the Consolidated Fund $462,800,428 to the service of 2002

2. The issue from the Consolidated Fund is hereby authorised of a sum of four hundred and sixty two million eight hundred thousand four hundred and twenty eight dollars to be applied to the service of the year ending 31st December, 2002.

Appropriation

3. The sum specified in the preceding section shall be appropriated for the supply of the heads specified, and in the amounts respectively specified in relation thereto, in the First Schedule.

Overdrafts and Advances

4. The Government may, at any time or times not later than 31st December 2002, borrow by way of overdraft and advances within or outside Solomon Islands, any sum not exceeding in the whole one hundred million dollars on such terms and conditions as the Minister of Finance may deem expedient.

Developments and Rehabilitation Loans

5. (1) The Government may, in addition to its borrowings under the provisions of section 4, borrow or enter into agreements to borrow on such terms and conditions as it may determine amounts up to such sums of money for such purposes and from such sources as are respectively specified in the first, second and third columns of the Second Schedule.

(2) No amounts may be borrowed under subsection (1) except in accordance with an agreement under that subsection entered into on or before 31st December 2002.

(3) The Government shall not, without first obtaining the further authority of Parliament to borrow for the purposes ascribed thereto, borrow any sum or sums in excess of the figure shown in the first column of the Second Schedule.

(4) The Minister shall report to Parliament at the meeting next following such borrowing or agreement of any borrowing or the making of any agreement to borrow under subsection (1).

Advance Warrant

6. The total sums authorised by advance warrants issued by the Minister in exercise of his powers under section 13 of the Public Finance and Audit Act (Cap 120) for the financial year 2002 shall not at any time exceed ten million dollars.

Contingencies Warrant

7. The total sums authorised by contingencies warrants issued by the Minister in exercise of his powers under section 15 of the Public Finance and Audit Act (Cap 120) for the financial year 2002 shall not exceed the following amounts:

(a) in respect of heads of Recurrent Expenditure, two million dollars;

(b) in respect of Heads of Development Expenditure, two million dollars.

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FIRST SCHEDULE
(Section 3)

RECURRENT EXPENDITURE	EXPENDITURE AUTHORISED	
		
HEAD			
			
240	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock 	5,300,000		
241	Auditor General	258,624		
242	Ministry of Commerce, Employment and Trade 	3,300,000		
243	Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Aviation	2,599,571		
244	Ministry of Education	56,000,000		
245	Ministry of Finance	7,660,000		
246	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	1,019,419		
247	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	4,166,044		
248	Ministry of Forestry, Environment and Conservation 	1,444,044		
249	Governor General	639,124		
250	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	40,700,000		
251	Ministry of Home Affairs	3,987,105		
252	Ministry of Lands and Survey 	7,400,000		
253	Ministry of Mines and Energy	1,455,454		
255	National Parliament	5,050,278		
256	Ministry of National Planning	790,384		
257	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace 	1,296,398		
258	Office of the Prime Minister	12,531,236		
259	Pensions and Gratuities	201,000		
260	Ministry of Police, National Security and Justice	31,647,527		
261	Ministry of Provincial Government and Rural Development 	17,080,277		
262	Ministry of Transport, Works and Communication 	12,613,907		
263	Ministry of Youth, Sports and Women Development	1,539,845		
264	Ministry of Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment	512,041	219,202,474	
			
DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE			
440	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock	200,000		
442	Ministry of Commerce, Employment and Trade	12,600,000		
443	Ministry of Aviation and Tourism	2,700,000		
444	Ministry of Education and Training	76,900,000		
445	Ministry of Finance	2,500,000		
448	Ministry of Forestry, Environment and Conservation	1,000,000		
450	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	11,900,000		
456	Ministry of National Planning	13,419,056		
457	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace	59,328,898		
458	Office of the Prime Minister	14,250,000		
461	Ministry of Provincial Government and Rural Development	11,000,000		
462	Ministry of Transport, Works and Communication	35,800,000	
243,597,954
	
TOTAL RECURRENT AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE	462,800,428	

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SECOND SCHEDULE
(Section 5)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	
			
Maximum Borrowing
	Use of Funds 	Source of Funds	
100,000,000	To include;

(a) Rehabilitation and recovery program costs including regularising outstanding financial obligations carried forward into 2002.

(b) Development projects in natural resources, economic infrastructure and human resources.
	Multilateral, bilateral and other financial institutions	

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