2018 APPROPRIATION ACT 2018

(No. 1 of 2018)

2018 APPROPRIATION ACT 2018
(No. 1 of 2018)
PASSED by the National Parliament this ninth day of April 2018.
(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 thirteenth day of April 2018.

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

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THREE BILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE MILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN THOUSAND AND FOUR DOLLARS TO THE SERVICE OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2018.
ENACTED BY THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT OF SOLOMON ISLANDS.

2018 appropriation ACT 2018
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

2018 APPROPRIATION ACT 2018
1	Short title
This Act may be cited as the 2018 Appropriation Act 2018.
2	Commencement
This Act is taken to have commenced on 1 January 2018.
3	Authorisation of appropriation
	(1)	The issue of an amount of $3,735,114,004 from the Consolidated Fund is authorised, to be applied to the service of the financial year ending 31 December 2018.
	(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 2018.
	(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 0.57% of the Government’s domestically sourced revenue earned in the financial year ending 31 December 2018, 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 2018 must not at any one time, after deducting repayments and monies on deposit, exceed $150,000,000.
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 2018 must not exceed $26,000,000 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	2018 Interim Budget Actuals 
($)	2018 Appropriation (excluding 2018 Interim Budget Actuals) 
($)	2018 Total Appropriation 
($)	
269	Office of the Ombudsman	43,160	5,026,712	5,069,872	
270	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	4,168,617	26,280,075	30,448,692	
271	Office of the Auditor-General	659,690	6,892,402	7,552,092	
272	Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development	179,760,737	989,508,853	1,169,269,590	
273	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	10,849,576	114,516,613	125,366,189	
274	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade	14,233,169	34,476,071	48,709,240	
275	Office of the Governor-General	695,607	7,447,405	8,143,012	
276	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	39,443,252	351,811,117	391,254,369	
277	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	9,353,234	58,457,085	67,810,319	
279	National Parliament	18,606,708	65,338,525	83,945,233	
280	Ministry of Forestry and Research	1,894,625	20,705,240	22,599,865	
281	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	14,360,988	88,096,277	102,457,265	
282	Pensions and Gratuities	1,341,236	6,985,415	8,326,651	
283	Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services	27,318,133	229,976,466	257,294,599	
284	Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening	35,242,292	87,630,618	122,872,910	
285	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	1,362,688	16,640,556	18,003,244	
286	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination	850,104	5,802,939	6,653,043	
287	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	1,001,599	21,218,935	22,220,534	
288	Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration	4,474,101	31,903,191	36,377,292	
289	Ministry of Communication and Aviation	3,388,559	44,838,375	48,226,934	
290	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	1,949,751	14,797,027	16,746,778	
291	Ministry of Public Service	1,724,611	24,647,634	26,372,245	
292	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	2,978,648	25,179,240	28,157,888	
293	Ministry of Home Affairs	1,574,248	46,054,789	47,629,037	
294	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace	839,956	15,605,689	16,445,645	
295	Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification	1,831,082	13,705,246	15,536,328	
296	National Judiciary	2,839,179	18,272,082	21,111,261	
297	Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs	693,380	10,160,513	10,853,893	
298	Ministry of Rural Development and Indigenous Affairs	371,933	16,367,877	16,739,810	
299	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology	3,863,053	23,252,157	27,115,210	
	TOTAL RECURRENT ESTIMATES	387,713,916	2,421,595,124	2,809,309,040	

PART 2 – BUDGET SUPPORT EXPENDITURE
Head	Ministry	2018 Interim Budget Actuals 
($)	2018 Appropriation (excluding 2018 Interim Budget Actuals) 
($)	2018 Total Appropriation ($)	
372	Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development	1,351,089	74,766,801	76,117,890	
374	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade	55,815	2,315,722	2,371,537	
376	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	0	132,070,954	132,070,954	
383	Police, National Security and Correctional Services	0	5,865,251	5,865,251	
390	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	427,626	7,972,374	8,400,000	
 	TOTAL BUDGET SUPPORT ESTIMATES	        1,834,530	222,991,102	224,825,632	

PART 3 – DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE
Head	Ministry	2018 Total Expenditure Authorised 
($)	
470	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	12,400,000	
472	Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development	18,000,000	
473	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	160,000,000	
476	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	9,000,000	
477	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	78,000,000	
479	National Parliament	1,000,000	
480	Ministry of Forestry and Research	3,600,000	
481	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	2,500,000	
483	Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services	15,000,000	
484	Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening	10,000,000	
485	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	4,000,000	
486	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination	4,000,000	
487	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	8,929,332	
488	Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration	10,000,000	
489	Ministry of Communication and Aviation	14,000,000	
490	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	4,000,000	
491	Ministry of Public Service	1,000,000	
492	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	1,000,000	
493	Ministry of Home Affairs	9,000,000	
494	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace	1,000,000	
495	Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification	9,000,000	
496	National Judiciary	1,000,000	
497	Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs	500,000	
498	Ministry of Rural Development and Indigenous Affairs	320,000,000	
499	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology	4,050,000	
 	TOTAL SIG FUNDED DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATES	700,979,332	

TOTAL EXPENDITURE $3,735,114,004

NOTE: In addition to the amount authorised by this Act, a further $88,628,655 is forecast to be expended through statutory charges on the Consolidated Fund, including $77,843,361 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 2018 must not exceed the face value of Treasury Bills on issue at the beginning of 2018 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)	
$461,800,000	Purposes specified in section 71(3) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013 (specifically, $311,800,000 for Tina Hydro Project and $150,000,000 for other high priority infrastructure and development initiatives).	Multilateral or bilateral development partners, domestic financial institutions