2017 APPROPRIATION act 2016

(No. 7 of 2016)

PASSED by the National Parliament this fourteenth day of December 2016.
(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)

Clezy Rore
Clerk to National Parliament

ASSENTED to in Her Majesty’s name and on Her Majesty’s behalf this nineteenth day of December 2016.

Sir Frank Utu Ofagioro Kabui
Governor-General 
 
Date of Commencement: see section 2.

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THREE BILLION, NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX THOUSAND AND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO DOLLARS, TO THE SERVICE OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2017.
ENACTED BY THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT OF SOLOMON ISLANDS.
2017 appropriation ACT 2016
Table of provisions
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Authorisation of appropriation
4	Government borrowing limits
5	Debt service account
6	Advance warrants
7	Contingency warrants
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2

2017 APPROPRIATION ACT 2016
1	Short title
This Act may be cited as the 2017 Appropriation Act 2016.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on 1 January 2017.
3	Authorisation of appropriation
	(1)	The issue of an amount of $3,925,646,892 from the Consolidated Fund is authorised, to be applied to the service of the financial year ending 31 December 2017.
	(2)	The amount specified in subsection (1) is appropriated for the supply of the heads specified in Schedule 1 in the amount specified for each head.
4	Government borrowing limits
	(1)	This section applies for the purposes of section 66(2) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013 for the financial year ending 31 December 2017.
	(2)	The Government may borrow or agree to borrow amounts not exceeding in total the borrowing limits specified in Schedule 2, column 1, for the purposes specified opposite in column 2, from the sources specified opposite in column 3.
5	Debt service account
For section 69(2) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013, the Minister must set aside 2.77% of the Government’s domestically sourced revenue earned in the financial year ending 31 December 2017, to be transferred into the debt service account for the purpose of discharging statutory debt.
6	Advance warrants
For section 60(2) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013, the total amounts authorised by advance warrants issued by the Minister for the financial year ending 31 December 2017 must not at any one time, after deducting repayments and monies on deposit, exceed $200,000,000.
7	Contingency warrants
The total sums authorised by contingency warrants issued by the Minister under section 58 of the Public Financial Management Act 2013 for the financial year ending 31 December 2017 must not exceed $85,000,000 and may only be used for the recurrent and development heads of expenditure specified in Schedule 1, Parts 1 and 3.

SCHEDULE 1
Section 3
PART 1 - RECURRENT EXPENDITURE 

Head	Ministry	Amount ($)	
270	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	31,596,929	
271	Office of the Auditor-General	7,604,299	
272	Ministry of Education and Human Resources 	998,288,453	
273	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	127,249,206	
274	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade 	44,584,812	
275	Office of the Governor-General	8,358,137	
276	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	338,008,769	
277	Ministry of Infrastructure Development  	67,489,501	
279	National Parliament	81,690,576	
280	Ministry of Forestry and Research	22,311,197	
281	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 	103,747,152	
282	Pensions and Gratuities  	8,383,040	
283	Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services	251,934,738	
284	Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening	115,645,710	
285	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	17,552,101	
286	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination	6,983,338	
287	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	22,285,632	
288	Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration	34728682	
289	Ministry of Communication and Aviation	48,422,873	
290	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	16,559,124	
291	Ministry of Public Service	27,045,519	
292	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	28,878,280	
293	Ministry of Home Affairs	23,789,538	
294	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace	13,608,692	
295	Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification	15,742,039	
296	National Judiciary	23,282,894	
297	Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs	11,209,265	
298	Ministry of Rural Development 	17,529,860	
299	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology	26,358,438	
	TOTAL RECURRENT ESTIMATES	2,540,868,794	

PART 2 - BUDGET SUPPORT EXPENDITURE
Head	Ministry	Expenditure Authorised ($)	
372	Ministry of Education and Human Resources	66,600,000	
374	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade	3,941,851	
376	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	120,034,274	
383	Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services	4,333,481	
390	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	7,616,000	
392	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	311,528	
396	National Judiciary	1,087,262	
 	TOTAL BUDGET SUPPORT ESTIMATES	203,924,396	

PART 3 - DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE
Head	Ministry	Expenditure Authorised ($)	
470	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	54,221,000	
471	Office of the Auditor General	1,226,455	
472	Ministry of Education and Human Resources	77,000,000	
473	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	48,581,502	
474	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade	1,649,938	
475	Office of the Governor-General	549,979	
476	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	29,000,000	
477	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	244,040,000	
479	National Parliament	5,000,000	
480	Ministry of Forestry and Research	21,048,200	
481	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	18,500,000	
483	Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services	26,588,000	
484	Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening	60,000,000	
485	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	24,223,628	
486	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination	15,950,000	
487	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	29,800,000	
488	Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration	17,638,000	
489	Ministry of Communication and Aviation	45,000,000	
490	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	26,700,000	
491	Ministry of Public Service	4,000,000	
492	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	22,332,000	
493	Ministry of Home Affairs	18,000,000	
494	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace	7,000,000	
495	Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification	31,990,000	
496	National Judiciary	5,020,000	
497	Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs	4,000,000	
498	Ministry of Rural Development	325,000,000	
499	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology	16,795,000	
 	TOTAL SIG FUNDED DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATES	1,180,853,702	

TOTAL EXPENDITURE $ 3,925,646,892

NOTE: In addition to the amount authorised by this Act, a further $82,162,311 is forecast to be expended through statutory charges on the Consolidated Fund, including $71,054,267 to be expended on National Debt Repayments. These Statutory Appropriations are explained in the Budget Strategy and Outlook (Budget Paper 1) and the Recurrent Estimates Document (Budget Paper 2) and are appropriated by existing legislation or the Constitution.
SCHEDULE 2 

Section 4
GOVERNMENT BORROWING LIMITS

Column 1
Total borrowing limit	Column 2
Permitted purposes	Column 3
Source	
Face value of Treasury Bills on issue at the end of 2017 must not exceed the face value of Treasury Bills on issue at the beginning of 2017 by more than $100,000,000	Purposes specified in section 71(4) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013 (exceptional circumstances such as a major economic shock or natural disaster)	Treasury Bills issued under Government Loans and Securities Act (Cap. 119)	
$900,000,000	Purposes specified in section 71(3) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013 (high priority infrastructure and development initiatives)	Multilateral or bilateral development partners, domestic financial institutions