SOLOMON ISLANDS

THE 2007 APPROPRIATION ACT 2007

(NO. 1 OF 2007)

Passed by the National Parliament this twentieth day of February 2007.

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill passed by Parliament and found by me to be a true and correct copy of the said Bill.

Taeasi Sanga (Mrs)
Clerk to National Parliament

Assented to in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf this twenty-sixth day of February 2007

Sir Nathaniel Rahumaea Waena 
Governor-General

Date of Commencement: date of publication in the Gazette,

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AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DOLLARS, TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING, 31ST DECEMBER 2007.

ENACTED by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the 2007 Appropriation Act 2007.

Authorisation of the issue from the Consolidated Fund $970,171,511 to the service of 2007

2. The issue from the Consolidated Fund is hereby authorised of a sum of nine hundred and seventy million, one hundred and seventy one thousand, five hundred and eleven dollars, to be applied to the service of the year ending 31st December 2007.

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, to the First Schedule.

Overdrafts and Advances

4. The Government may, at any time or times not later than the 31st December 2007, 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.

Development 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 account under that subsection entered into on or before 31st December 2007.

(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 2007 shall not at any one 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 subsection 13 of the Public Finance and Audit Act (Cap.120) for the financial year 2007 shall not exceed the following amounts:

(a) in respect of Heads of Recurrent Expenditure, twenty five million dollars;

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

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FIRST SCHEDULE
(Section 3)

RECURRENT
EXPENDITURE	EXPENDITURE
AUTHORISED	
			
HEAD	
			
270	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	16,514,064	
			
271	Auditor General	4,638,126	
			
272	Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development	267,966,672	
			
273	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	32,588,272	
			
274	Ministry of Foreign Affaires, External Trade and Immigration	15,215,841	
			
275	Governor General	2,118,565	
			
276	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	136,895,983	
			
277	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	30,507,204	
			
278	National Debt Servicing	0	
			
279	National Parliament	20,485,130	
			
280	Ministry of Forestry, Environment and Conservation	7,927,919	
			
281	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	23,799,131	
			
282	Pensions and Gratuities	1,266,816	
			
283	Ministry of Police and National Security	84,409,613	
			
284	Ministry of Provincial Government and Rural Development	35,802,747	
			
285	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	12,088,977	
			
286	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination	1,682,637	
			
287	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	3,046,975	
			
288	Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Employment	10,852,705	
			
289	Ministry of Communication, Aviation and Meteorology	10,136,956	
			
290	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	6,629,961	
			
291	Ministry of Public Service	22,824,553	
			
292	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	9,807,061	
			
293	Ministry of Home Affaires	8,518,563	
			
294	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace	4,617,765	
			
295	Ministry of Mines and Energy	4,918,036	
			
296	National Judiciary	6,118,969	
			
TOTAL RECURRENT EXPENDITURE	781,379,243	

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FIRST SCHEDULE
(Section 3)

DEVELOPMENT
EXPENDITURE	EXPENDITURE
AUTHORISED	
			
HEAD			
			
470	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	20,091.966	
			
472	Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development	17,450,000	
			
473	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	20,292,379	
			
474	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, External Trade and Immigration	6,010,500	
			
476	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	6,654,322	
			
477	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	16,900,000	
			
479	National Parliament	1,800,000	
			
480	Ministry of Forestry, Environment and Conservation	4,000,000	
			
481	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	2,862,981	
			
483	Ministry of Police and National Security	10,677,980	
			
484	Ministry of Provincial Government and Rural Development	23,500,000	
			
485	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	2,795,940	
			
486	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination	31,096,051	
			
487	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	11,810,000	
			
488	Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Employment	4,492,250	
			
490	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	4,187,310	
			
494	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace	1,000,000	
			
495	Ministry of Mines and Energy	1,770,589	
			
496	National Judiciary	1,400,000	
			
TOTAL DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE	188,792,268	
		
TOTAL RECURRENT AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE		970,171,511	

Note:

This Appropriation Act does not include $153,549,457 appropriated through Statutory Expenditure, including the $135,653,745 to be expended on total National Debt. These Statutory Appropriations are included in the Recurrent Estimates Document and are appropriated by existing legislation.
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SECOND SCHEDULE
(Section 5)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	
			
Maximum 	Use of Funds	Source of Funds	
			
100,000,000	To include	Multilateral, bilateral and other financial institutions	
	(a) Rehabilitation and recovery program costs including regularising outstanding financial obligations carried forward into 2007

(b) Development projects in natural resources, economic infrastructure and human resources.		

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