PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Appropriation (National Development Expenditure 2010) Act 2009.

No. 19 of 2009.

Certified on: 18. 05. 2010

Appropriation (National Development Expenditure 2010) Act 2009.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

1. National Development Expenditure of K3,393,558,210.
2. Appropriation.
3. Adjustment of appropriation as between services.
4. Impact of changes by donors.
5. Direction to be available to Auditor-General.
6. Direction for expenditure appropriated to trusts.
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AN ACT

entitled

Appropriation (National Development Expenditure 2010) Act 2009,

Being an Act to appropriate out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for National Development expenditure for the year ending 31 December 2010,

MADE by the National Parliament.

1. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE OF K3,393,558,210.

Subject to authorization from the Minister, the Secretary for Treasury may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for National Development projects for the year ending 31 December 2010 the sum of K3,393,558,210, consisting of:

(a) direct government financing of K1,771,000,468; and

(b) infrastructure tax credits of K60,000,000; and

(c) estimated concessional loans of K268,935,300; and

(d) estimated donor grants of K1,293,622,442.

2. APPROPRIATION.

(1) Sums granted by this Act out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for National Development expenditure for the financial year ending 31 December 2010 are appropriated for the projects of the Agencies listed in the Schedule for the financial year ending 31 December 2010.

(2) For the purposes of identifying the projects of agencies referred to in this Act, Part 3 of Volume 2 of the 2010 Budget Books may be considered a relevant document.

(3) Where additional donor grants are received in the year ending 31 December 2010, they may be issued out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and appropriated to National Development projects with the approval of the Minister.

(4) In the event that amounts appropriated for either donor grants or concessional loans are not received in the year ending 31 December 2010 from the respective donors, these appropriations may not be issued form the Consolidated Revenue Fund and will lapse.

3. ADJUSTMENT OF APPROPRIATION AS BETWEEN PROJECTS.

(1) Where there is insufficient or no appropriation to meet expenditure for a project the Secretary for Treasury may direct the reallocation of any unexpended appropriation for a project sourced from government financing, provided that the total amount of all reallocation authorized under this section shall not exceed the sum of K177,100,047.00.

(2) Unexpected appropriated sourced from direct government financing for projects may be reallocated to any Government project.

(3) An amount appropriated for a project under Division 229 refer to in Schedule 1 that is to be transferred either to a trust account or to the agency responsible for delivering the project for which the amount is appropriated will not count towards the total identified in this Section

4. IMPACT OF CHANGES BY DONORS.

Where there is insufficient or no appropriation to meet expenditure for a project a donor may request that the Secretary for Treasury reallocate any unexpended appropriation for a project funded by that donor to the project. The Secretary for Treasury must ensure that all such transfers are reported to the Parliament as part of the Final Budget Outcome.

5. DIRECTION TO BE AVAILABLE TO AUDITOR-GENERAL.

A copy of each direction under Section 3 shall be made available to the Auditor-General as soon as practical after the end of each quarter of the financial year ending 31 December 2010.

6. DIRECTION FOR EXPENDITURE APPROPRIATED TO TRUSTS.

(1) Subject to this section, K568,000,000 of the amount appropriated in this Act is to be immediately transferred to the Trust Accounts identified for the approved projects expressed in Schedule 2.

(2) Where a Trust Account specified in Schedule 2 does not exist, a new trust account is to be established by the Minister for finance under Section 15 of the Public Finances (Management) Act 1995 and the transfer is to take place immediately on the establishment of the Trust Account.

(3) In the event that the amounts expressed in Schedule 2 are not transferred, the appropriation will lapse and the amounts will be returned to the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

(4) The amounts cannot be utilized, transferred or reallocated for any other purpose.

(5) The K178,000,000 directed to the District Services Improvement Program Trust Account must be split equally, with an amount of K2 million to be allocated and expended in each of the 89 districts. The funds are to be allocated in equal amounts for Education, Agriculture, Law and Justice, Health and Infrastructure.

SCHEDULE 1.

Estimates of Expenditure for the Year ending 31 December 2010.

Div.
	Summary	Kina	
203	Department of the Prime Minister & NEC	91,098,770	
204	National Statistical Office	84,483,558	
206	Department of Finance	97,488,056	
208	Department of Treasury	1,852,368	
217	Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade & Immigration	1,078,647	
219	PNG Institute of Public Administration	500,000	
220	Department of Personnel Management	32,800,000	
226	Department of Corrective Services	22,300,000	
228	Department of Police	12,200,000	
229	Department of National Planning & Monitoring	1,148,715,983	
230	Electoral Commission	13,480,059	
232	Department of Provincial & Local Government Affairs	74,118,431	
235	Department of Education	220,817,744	
236	Office of Higher Education	15,318,842	
240	Department of Health	220,437,085	
242	Department of Community Development	82,946,791	
245	Department of Environment & Conservation	10,443,140	
247	Department of Agriculture & Livestock	7,688,462	
252	Department of Lands & Physical Planning	9,559,831	
254	Department of Mining Policy & Geohazard Management	7,948,922	
255	Department of Petroleum & Energy	4,768,051	
258	Department of Information & Communication	5,000,000	
259	Department of Transport	21,326,482	
261	Department of Commerce & Industry	29,420,000	
264	Department of Works & Implementation	324,594,077	
267	Office of Rural Development	27,250,000	
505	National Research Institute	938,804	
506	National Training Council	43,569,387	
509	Border Development Authority	20,524,263	
512	University of Papua New Guinea	20,221,545	
513	University of Technology	13,000,000	
514	University of Goroka	25,800,000	
515	University of Environment and Natural Resources	2,500,000	
516	PNG Sports Foundation	14,637,060	
519	National Aids Council Secretariat	82,193,748	
520	Institute of Medical Research	9,935,301	
524	Independent Public Business Corporation	86,121,975	
525	National Broadcasting Corporation	8,311,791	
526	National Maritime Safety Authority	1,000,000	
528	National Roads Safety Council	500,000	
530	Investment Promotion Authority	500,000	
531	Small Business Development Corporation	11,000,000	
532	National Institute of Standard & Industrial Technology	4,000,000	
535	Industrial Centres Development Corporation	53,027,000	
539	National Museum & Art Gallery	600,000	
540	National Water & Sewerage Board	1,654,829	
541	National Housing Corporation	18,000,000	
543	Rural Development Bank	27,000,000	
550	Cocoa Coconut Institute	2,200,000	
551	PNG National Fisheries Authority	27,604,452	
553	Fresh Produce Development Company (Ltd)	6,955,799	
557	PNG National Forest Authority	18,468,750	
558	Tourism Promotion Authority.	6,000,000	
559	PNG Oil Palm Industry Corporation	20,695,000	
562	National Agriculture Research Institute	26,510,018	
563	National Agriculture Quarantine & Inspection Authority	1,500,000	
565	Civil Aviation Authority	35,000,000	
567	National Road Authority	23,000,000	
568	Livestock Development Corporation	3,000,000	
571	Western Provincial Government	18,126,917	
572	Gulf Provincial Government	6,795,255	
573	Central Provincial Government	4,656,778	
574	National Capital District	3,535,597	
575	Milne Bay Provincial Government	2,718,750	
576	Oro Provincial Government	1,750,000	
577	Southern Highlands Provincial Government	15,022,262	
578	Enga Provincial Government	8,919,865	
579	Western Highlands Provincial Government	4,650,000	
580	Simbu Provincial Government	3,350,000	
581	Eastern Highlands Provincial Government	6,250,000	
582	Morobe Provincial Government	7,297,678	
583	Madang Provincial Government	2,750,000	
584	East Sepik Provincial Government	11,750,000	
585	Sandaun Provincial Government	4,850,000	
586	Manus Provincial Government	4,500,000	
587	New Ireland Provincial Government	29,264,893	
588	East New Britain Provincial Government	8,790,000	
589	West New Britain Provincial Government	2,170,000	
590	Autonomous Bougainville Government
	62,805,194	
	Grand Total	3,393,558,210	
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SCHEDULE 2.

Immediate Transfer of Funds Appropriated in this Act from Divisions identified in the
Budget Books to Specified Trust Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2010.

SUMMARY
	KINA	
District Services Improvement Program Trust Account
	178,000,000	
Infrastructure Development (UBSA) Trust Account
	120,000,000	
Business Development (UBSA) Trust Account
	60,000,000	
Coastal Vessels Trust Account
	50,000,000	
Rehabilitation of Transport Infrastructure Trust Account
	40,000,000	
Rural Electrification Trust Account
	40,000,000	
National Roads — Missing Links Trust Account
	40,000,000	
Coastal Fisheries Trust Account
	20,000,000	
Waigani Office Redevelopment Trust Account
	15,000,000	
Land Reform Program Trust Account
	5,000,000	
Amount to be Transferred	K568,000,000	
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I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Appropriation (National Development Expenditure 2010) Act 2009 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.

I hereby certify that the Appropriation (National Development Expenditure 2010) Act 2009 was made by the National Parliament on 24 November 2009.

Speaker of the National Parliament.