SOLOMON ISLANDS

2011 APPROPRIATION ACT 2011
(NO. 1 OF 2011)

PASSED by the National Parliament this 11th day of April 2011.
(This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill passed by Parliament and found by me to be a true copy of the Bill)

Taeasi Sanga (Mrs)
Clerk to National Parliament
ASSENTED to in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf this 15th day of April 2011.

Sir Frank Utu Ofagioro Kabui
Governor-General

Date of Commencement: (see section 20 of the Interpretation and General Provisions Act (Cap.85))

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TWO BILLION, THIRTY-ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR DOLLARS, TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER 2011

ENACTED by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands.

Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the 2011 Appropriation Act 2011.

Authorisation of $2,031,527,874
2. The issue from the Consolidated Fund is hereby authorised of a sum of two billion, thirty-one million, five hundred and twenty-seven thousand and eight hundred and seventy-four dollars, to be applied to the service of the year ending 31st December 2011.

Appropriation
3. The sum specified in section 2 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 2011, 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 ("Minister") may deem expedient.

Development and rehabilitation loans
5. (1) The Government may, in addition to its borrowings under 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 2011.

(3) The Government shall not borrow any sum or sums in excess of the figure shown in the first column of the Second Schedule, except with the resolution of Parliament pursuant to section 32 of the Public Finance and Audit Act (Cap.120).

(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 warrants
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 2011 shall not at any one time exceed sixty million dollars.

Contingencies warrants
7. The total sums authorised by contingencies warrants issued by the Minister under section 15 of the Public Finance and Audit Act (Cap. 120) for the financial year ending 31st December 2011 shall not exceed the following amounts –

(a) in respect of Heads of Recurrent Expenditure, twenty-six million, five hundred thousand dollars;

(b) in respect of Heads of Development Expenditure, twenty-six million, five hundred thousand dollars.

FIRST SCHEDULE
(Section 3)
	
PART 1 - RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
	
HEAD	EXPENDITURE AUTHORISED	
270	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	27,297,353	
271	Office of the Auditor-General	6,970,531	
272	Ministry of Education and Human Resources 	441,520,627	
273	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	84,952,596	
274	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade 	25,365,638	
275	Office of the Governor-General	5,517,164	
276	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	222,287,698	
277	Ministry of Infrastructure Development 	54,468,067	
279	National Parliament	33,274,956	
280	Ministry of Forestry 	17,804,386	
281	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 	66,019,252	
282	Pensions and Gratuities 	4,675,186	
283	Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services	123,373,379	
284	Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening	71,506,140	
285	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	16,136,315	
286	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination	5,398,139	
287	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	12,934,318	
288	Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration	31,434,610	
289	Ministry of Communication and Aviation	17,388,018	
290	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	13,489,223	
291	Ministry of Public Service	24,823,094	
292	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	19,668,061	
293	Ministry of Home Affairs	23,155,595	
294	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace	8,685,488	
295	Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification	11,937,686	
296	National Judiciary	15,324,804	
297	Ministry of Women, Youth, Children's and Family Affairs	9,344,986	
298	Ministry of Rural Development 	10,535,812	
299	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology	13,538,748	

TOTAL RECURRENT ESTIMATES	
1,418,827,874	

BUDGET SUPPORT EXPENDITURE
	
HEAD	EXPENDITURE AUTHORISED	
372	Ministry of Education and Human Resources	55,000,000	
376	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	60,000,000	

TOTAL BUDGET SUPPORT ESTIMATES	
115,000,000	

PART 2 - DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE
	
HEAD	EXPENDITURE AUTHORISED	
470	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	35,250,000	
472	Ministry of Education and Human Resources	49,850,000	
473	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	10,628,000	
474	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade	12,300,000	
475	Office of the Governor-General	2,000,000	
476	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	21,000,000	
477	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	38,100,000	
479	National Parliament	3,982,000	
480	Ministry of Forestry 	16,500,000	
481	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	15,300,000	
483	Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services	13,300,000	
484	Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening	13,800,000	
485	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	9,150,000	
486	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination	1,550,000	
487	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	42,500,000	
488	Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration	15,500,000	
489	Ministry of Communication and Aviation	37,100,000	
490	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	3,750,000	
491	Ministry of Public Service	10,000,000	
492	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	1,440,000	
493	Ministry of Home Affairs	5,000,000	
494	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace	3,500,000	
495	Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification	19,400,000	
496	National Judiciary	1,700,000	
497	Ministry of Women, Youth, Children's and Family Affairs	2,000,000	
498	Ministry of Rural Development 	103,000,000	
499	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology	10,100,000	

TOTAL DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATES	497,700,000	

TOTAL EXPENDITURE	 		$2,031,527,874 

NOTE: This Appropriation Bill does not include $146,446,406 appropriated through Statutory Expenditure, including the $120,000,000 to be expended on Total National Debt. These Statutory Appropriations are included in the Recurrent Estimates Document and are appropriated by existing legislation.

SECOND SCHEDULE
(Section 5)
	
MAXIMUM
BORROWING
(Column 1)	Use of Funds
(Column 2)	Source of Funds
(Column 3)	
$100,000,000	To include:

(a) Rehabilitation and recovery program costs including regularising outstanding financial obligations carried forward into 2011;

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