2019 APPROPRIATION ACT 2018

(No. 15 of 2018)

PASSED by the National Parliament this tenth day of December 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 twenty-fourth Day of December2018.

Sir Frank Utu Ofagioro Kabui
Governor-General

Date of Commencement: see section 2
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THREE BILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIX MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE DOLLARS TO THE SERVICE OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2019.

ENACTED BY THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT OF SOLOMON ISLANDS.

2019 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

2019 APPROPRIATION ACT 2018
1	Short title
This Act may be cited as the 2019 Appropriation Act 2018.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on 1 January 2019.
3	Authorisation of appropriation
	(1)	The issue of an amount of $3,806,282,473 from the Consolidated Fund is authorised, to be applied to the service of the financial year ending 31 December 2019.
	(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 2019.
	(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 1.87% of the Government’s domestically sourced revenue earned in the financial year ending 31 December 2019, 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 2019 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 2019 must not exceed $19,200,000 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	Expenditure Authorised ($)	
268	Solomon Island Electoral Office	45,581,801	
269	Office of the Ombudsman	5,112,442	
270	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	35,762,536	
271	Office of the Auditor-General	8,611,518	
272	Ministry of Education and Human Resources	1,175,407,911	
273	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	150,448,820	
274	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade	67,801,497	
275	Office of the Governor-General	10,137,414	
276	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	428,496,994	
277	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	68,600,826	
278	National Debt Servicing	0	
279	National Parliament	102,112,992	
280	Ministry of Forestry and Research	25,849,204	
281	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	124,720,594	
282	Pensions and Gratuities	0	
283	Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services	297,864,986	
284	Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening	121,286,765	
285	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	19,093,029	
286	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination	7,106,739	
287	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	28,119,660	
288	Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration	44,362,389	
289	Ministry of Communication and Aviation	48,771,838	
290	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	23,886,410	
291	Ministry of Public Service	30,255,363	
292	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	32,342,437	
293	Ministry of Home Affairs	17,460,372	
294	Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace	17,552,734	
295	Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification	16,697,760	
296	National Judiciary	30,712,688	
297	Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs	12,301,842	
298	Ministry of Rural Development	19,194,912	
299	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology	31,833,080	
	TOTAL RECURRENT ESTIMATES	3,047,487,553

PART 2 - BUDGET SUPPORT EXPENDITURE

Head	
Ministry	Expenditure Authorised ($)	
372	Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development	65,259,001	
376	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	134,675,641	
383	Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services	4,235,213	
390	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	7,107,040	
399	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology	2,218,025	
 	TOTAL BUDGET SUPPORT ESTIMATES	213,494,920	

PART 3 - DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE
Head	Ministry	Expenditure Authorised ($)	
470	Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development	         12,200,000 	
471	Office of the Auditor General	1,000,000 	
472	Ministry of Education and Human Resources	       58,000,000 	
473	Ministry of Finance and Treasury	         24,000,000 	
476	Ministry of Health and Medical Services	         23,000,000 	
477	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	         85,500,000 	
480	Ministry of Forestry and Research	           6,665,000 	
481	Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	         76,500,000 	
483	Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services	         15,000,000 	
484	Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening	         40,000,000 	
485	Ministry of Lands, Housing and Survey	           4,000,000 	
486	Ministry of Development Planning and Aid Coordination	         20,500,000 	
487	Ministry of Culture and Tourism	           7,824,429 	
488	Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration	         10,700,000 	
489	Ministry of Communication and Aviation	         14,000,000 	
490	Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources	           4,700,000 	
492	Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	           2,129,863 	
493	Ministry of Home Affairs	              500,000 	
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	           1,120,708 	
498	Ministry of Rural Development	        120,000,000 	
499	Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology	           7,960,000 	
 	TOTAL SIG FUNDED DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATES	545,300,000	

TOTAL EXPENDITURE $3,806,282,473

NOTE: In addition to the amount authorised by this Act, a further $100,925,913 is forecast to be expended through statutory charges on the Consolidated Fund, including $78,341,019 to be expended on National Debt Repayments. These Statutory Appropriations are explained in the Financial Policy Objectives and Strategies Statement (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 2019 must not exceed the face value of Treasury Bills on issue at the beginning of 2019 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)	
$300,000,000	Purposes specified in section 71(3) of the Public Financial Management Act 2013 (specifically for $300,000,000 for high priority infrastructure and development initiatives)	Multilateral or bilateral development partners, domestic financial institutions