SOLOMON ISLANDS

THE 2003 SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION ACT 2004

(NO. 3 OF 2004)

Passed by the National Parliament this sixteenth day of June 2004.

Assented to in Her Majesty’s name and on Her Majesty's behalf this twenty-ninth day of June 2004.

Date of commencement: date of publication in the Gazette.

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE EIGHTY SEVEN MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND, AND SIXTY TWO DOLLARS TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER 2003.

ENACTED by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands.

Short title

l. This Act may be cited as the 2003 Supplementary Appropriation Act 2004.

Authorisation of issue from the Consolidated Fund $87,738,062 to the service of 2003

2. The issue from the Consolidated Fund is hereby authorised of the sum of eighty seven million, seven hundred and thirty eight thousand, and sixty two dollars to be applied to the service of the year ending 31st December 2003.

Appropriation

3. The sum specified in the preceding section shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of passing this Act for supply of the heads specified and in the amounts respectively specified in relation thereto in the Schedule to this Act.

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SCHEDULE

(Section 3)

RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

HEAD	EXPENDITURE AUTHORISED
	
270	Ministry of Agriculture & Lands	2,049	
271	Auditor General	351,591	
272	Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development	8,727,995	
273	Ministry of Finance, National Reform and Planning	1,764,271	
274	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Tourism	3,108,406	
275	Governor General	385,357	
277	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	3,130,167	
278	National Debt Servicing	0	
279	National Parliament	3,237,709	
280	Ministry of Natural Resources	629,979	
281	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	8,885,199	
283	Ministry of Police, National Security and Justice	53,123,989	
284	Ministry of Provincial Government, National Reconciliation and Peace and Home Affairs
	4,391,350	
	Total Funds to be appropriated	87,738,062	

Note:

Due to the breakdown in financial controls experienced in 2003, available data on Government expenditure is not wholly accurate and requires a number of adjustments to bring the figures closer to what was actually expended. As a result of the nature of these adjustments, it is not possible to provide figures at a more detailed level than by expenditure Head.
	
DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE

Supplementary appropriation is not required for development expenditure in 2003 as funds expended were within the 2003 Appropriation Act.
	
TOTAL RECURRENT EXPENDITURE	87,738,062

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