SOLOMON ISLANDS

THE 2008 APPROPRIATION ACT 2008 
(NO. 1 OF 2008)

Passed by the National Parliament this seventh day of April 2008.

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.

…………………………….
Florence Naesol (Mrs)
Deputy Clerk to National Parliament

Assented to in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf this fourteenth day of April 2008.

…………………………………….
Sir Nathaniel Rahumaea Waena 
Governor-General

Date of commencement: date of publication in the Gazette.

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR MILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY DOLLARS, TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER 2008.

ENACTED by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands.

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the 2008 Appropriation Act 2008.

Authorisation of issue from the Consolidated Fund $ 1,444,323,290 to the services of 2008

2. The issue from the Consolidated Fund is hereby authorised of a sum of one thousand four hundred and forty-four million, three hundred and twenty three thousand, two hundred and ninety dollars, to be applied to the service of the year ending 31st December 2008.

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 the 31st December 2008, 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 section (1) except in accordance with an agreement under that subsection entered into on or before 31st December 2008

(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 2008 shall not at any one time exceed fifty 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 2008 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

HEAD		EXPENDITURE
AUTHORISED	
270	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	15,561,584	
271	Office of the Auditor General	5,412,411	
272	Ministry of Education and Human Resources	268,231,671	
273	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	68,223,271	
274	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, External Trade and Immigration	17,398,563	
275	Office of the Governor General	3,305,789	
276	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	132,952,175	
277	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	50,615,276	
278	National Debt Servicing	15,000,000	
279	National Parliament	22,121,314	
280	Ministry of Forestry and Research	8,535,408	
281	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	40,573,234	
282	Pensions and Gratuities	274,821	
283	Ministry of Police, National Security & Correctional Services	92,753,921	
284	Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening	48,375,188	
285	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	19,300,385	
286	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination	2,609,002	
287	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	6,321,991	
288	Ministry of Commerce, Industries and Employment	18,539,690	
289	Ministry of Communication and Aviation	9,328,243	
290	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	8,610,055	
291	Ministry of Public Service	16,462,509	
292	Ministry of Law and Justice	13,366,240	
293	Ministry of Home Affairs	16,646,412	
294	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation & Peace	6,343,081	
295	Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification	7,424,129	
296	National Judiciary	9,306,601	
297	Ministry of Women, Youth and Children's Affairs	5,072,297	
298	Ministry of Rural Development and Indigenous Affairs	1,594,310	
299	Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Meteorology	8,279,021	

TOTAL RECURRENT ESTIMATES	
938,538,592	

BUDGET SUPPORT EXPENDITURE

HEAD		EXPENDITURE
AUTHORISED	
372	Ministry of Education and Human Resources	45,290,106	
376	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	80,000,000	

TOTAL BUDGET SUPPORT ESTIMATES	
125,290,106	

DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE

HEAD		EXPENDITURE
AUTHORISED	
470	Ministry of  Agriculture and Livestock Development	28,403,527	
472	Ministry of Education and Human Resources	51,335,000	
473	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	4,500,000	
474	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, External Trade and Immigration	9,214,184	
476	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	20,844,068	
477	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	29,570,000	
479	National Parliament	5,000,000	
480	Ministry of Forestry and Research	12,000,000	
481	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	5,318,000	
483	Ministry of Police and National Security	20,077,016	
484	Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening	6,400,000	
485	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	4,454,940	
486	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination 	21,134,748	
487	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	11,950,000	
488	Ministry of Commerce, Industries and Employment	10,250,000	
489	Ministry of Communication and Aviation	24,300,000	
490	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	8,645,000	
491	Ministry of Public Service	1,048,286	
492	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	1,500,000	
493	Ministry of Home Affairs	600,000	
494	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace	5,906,630	
495	Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification	9,885,000	
496	National Judiciary	2,188,193	
497	Ministry of Women, Youth and Children’s Affairs	2,820,000	
498	Ministry of Rural Development and Indigenous Business Affairs	80,000,000	
499	Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Meteorology 	3,150,000	

TOTAL DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATES	
380,494,592	

TOTAL EXPENDITURE	
1,444,323,290	

Note:

This Appropriation Bill does not include $225,438,025 appropriated through Statutory Expenditure, including the $194,531,515 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 Borrowing	
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 2008.		

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