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COVID-19 Response Bill 2020

REPUBLIC OF FIJI


COVID-19 RESPONSE BILL 2020


ACT NO. 1 OF 2020


I assent.

J. K. KONROTE
President

[27 March 2020]

AN ACT

TO APPROPRIATE A SUM OF THREE BILLION, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX MILLION, SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE ORDINARY SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING 1 AUGUST 2019 AND ENDING 31 JULY 2020

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji -

Short title and commencement

1.––(1) This Act may be cited as the COVID-19 Response Bill 2020.

(2) This Act comes into force on 28 March 2020.

Appropriation of $3,136,075,345

2. A sum of $3,136,075,345 is to be issued from the Consolidated Fund or other funds of the State, and applied to the ordinary services of the Government for the year commencing 1 August 2019 and ending 31 July 2020, and such sum is to be appropriated for the purposes specified in schedules 1 and 2 and also the COVID-19 Response Budget Estimates 2019-2020.

Government borrowing

3. The Government borrowing for 2019-2020 must not exceed the sum of $1,506,957,323.36.

Repeal

4. The 2019-2020 Appropriation Act 2019 is repealed.

SCHEDULE 1

(Section 2)
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FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT
Head No.
Ministry/Department
Amount
$
1
Office of the President
2,676,316
2
Office of the Prime Minister
16,077,143
3
Office of the Attorney-General
8,029,782
4
Ministry of Economy
70,572,266
5
Ministry of iTaukei Affairs
14,077,795
6
Ministry of Defence and National Security
14,657,862
7
Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations
10,994,086
8
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
36,918,150
9
Independent Bodies
69,369,278
13
Independent Commissions
30,239,056
14
Ministry of Disaster Management and Meteorological Services
7,170,848
15
Ministry of Justice
39,422,124
16
Ministry of Communications
38,316,611
17
Ministry of Civil Service
2,999,827
18
Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development
14,964,812
19
Republic of Fiji Military Forces
89,202,300
20
Fiji Police Force
163,304,501
21
Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts
472,851,158
22
Ministry of Health and Medical Services
347,505,366
23
Ministry of Housing and Community Development
13,626,030
24
Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation
144,575,876
25
Ministry of Youth and Sports
16,287,168
26
Higher Education Institutions
102,691,978
30
Ministry of Agriculture
61,818,504
31
Ministry of Fisheries
16,062,814
Head No.
Ministry/Department
Amount
$
32
Ministry of Forests
14,801,990
33
Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources
25,356,426
34
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism
57,837,948
35
Ministry of Sugar Industry
112,465,518
37
Ministry of Local Government
14,106,927
40
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport
63,045,227
41
Water Authority of Fiji
183,019,308
42
Ministry of Waterways and Environment
21,088,626
43
Fiji Roads Authority
276,544,054
49
Peacekeeping Missions
64,969,498
50
Miscellaneous Services
369,539,170

TOTAL
3,007,186,345

SCHEDULE 2

(Section 2)
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FROM THE LENDING FUND ACCOUNT
Amount
$

Recurrent Loans

1
PSC Loan Scheme
(162,300)
2
Housing Authority
(3,192,600)
3
Public Rental Board
(728,400)
4
Fiji Pine Limited
0

Total Recurrent Loan
(4,083,300)




Non-Recurrent Loan

1
Tertiary Education Loan Scheme
132,972,300

Total Non-Recurrent Loan
132,972,300




TOTAL
128,889,000

Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 27th day of March 2020.


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