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PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Appropriation (National Development Expenditure 2013) Act 2012.
No. 9 of 2012.
Certified on: 30/01/2013
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
1. National Development Expenditure of K5,795,845,000.00.
2. Appropriation.
3. Adjustment of Appropriation for directly financed projects.
4. Adjustment of Appropriation for projects funded by grants.
5. Adjustment of Appropriations for projects funded from concessional loans.
6. Directions to be published.
7. Direction to be available to Auditor General.
8. Direction for expenditure appropriation to Trusts.
SCHEDULE 1.
SCHEDULE 2.
An Act
entitled
Appropriation (National Development Expenditure 2013) Act 2012,
Being an Act to appropriate out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for National Development expenditure for the year ending 31 December 2013,
MADE by the National Parliament.
1. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE OF K5,795,845,000.00.
Subject to authorisation 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 2013 the sum of K5,795,845,000.00, consisting of –
(a) direct government financing of K3,810,234,000.00; and
(b) infrastructure tax credits of K130,000,000.00; and
(c) estimated concessional loans of K644,435,000.00; and
(d) estimated donor grants of K1,211,176,000.00.
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 2013 are appropriated for the projects of the agencies listed in the Schedule to this Act in the financial year ending 31 December 2013.
(2) For the purposes of identifying the projects of agencies referred to in this Act, Part 3 of Volume 2 of the 2013 Budget Publications are to be considered a relevant document.
(3) Where additional donor grants are received in the year ending 31 December 2013, 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 from the respective donors in the year ending 31 December 2013, these appropriations may not be issued from the Consolidated Revenue Fund and will lapse.
3. ADJUSTMENT OF APPROPRIATION FOR DIRECTLY FINANCED PROJECTS.
(1) The Secretary for Treasury may direct the reallocation of any unexpended appropriation for a directly financed project included in Part 3 of Volume 2 of the 2013 Budget Publications, to other projects included in Part 3 of Volume 2 of the 2013 Budget Publications, where –
(a) there is insufficient or no appropriation to meet expenditure for a project; and
(b) the reallocation is supported by the Agency Head(s) responsible for implementing the project; and
(c) the reallocation of appropriation is urgent and was unforeseen at the time of making this Act and is necessary for the delivery of essential services to the people of Papua New Guinea.
(2) The total amount of all reallocations authorised under this section must not exceed the sum of K381,023,400.00 or 10% of directly financed projects.
4. ADJUSTMENT OF APPROPRIATION FOR PROJECTS FUNDED BY GRANTS.
The Secretary for Treasury may direct the reallocation of any unexpended appropriation for a project identified in Part 3 of Volume 2 of the 2013 Budget Publications to other projects identified in that volume of the Budget Publications where -
(a) there is insufficient or no appropriation to meet expenditure for a project; and
(b) the transfer is requested by the donor providing the grant; and
(c) the Secretary for Treasury agrees that the need for reallocation of appropriation is urgent and was unforeseen at the time of making this Act and is necessary for the delivery of essential services to the people of Papua New Guinea.
5. ADJUSTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PROJECTS FUNDED FROM CONCESSIONAL LOANS.
The Secretary for Treasury may direct the reallocation of any unexpended appropriation for a project funded from a concessional loan to another project included in Part 3 of Volume 2 of the 2013 Budget Publications and funded by a concessional loan where -
(a) there is insufficient or no appropriation to meet expenditure for that other project, and the reallocation is supported by the Agency Head(s) responsible for implementing the project; and
(b) the Secretary for Treasury agrees that the need for reallocation of appropriation is urgent and was unforeseen at the time of making this Act and is necessary for the delivery of essential services to the people of Papua New Guinea.
6. DIRECTIONS TO BE PUBLISHED.
(1) Subject to the above, the Secretary for Treasury shall publish a report of all transfers made under Sections 3, 4 and 5 in the Department of Treasury website and the report must identify the amounts transferred by vote, recipient and the circumstances justifying the transfer.
(2) This report must be published four times a year at the end of each quarter.
7. DIRECTION TO BE AVAILABLE TO AUDITOR-GENERAL.
A copy of each direction under Sections 3, 4 or 5 must be made available to the Auditor General at the conclusion of each quarter of the financial year ending 31 December 2013.
8. DIRECTION FOR EXPENDITURE APPROPRIATED TO TRUSTS.
(1) K1,340,000,000.00 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) These funds cannot be utilized, transferred or reallocated for any other purpose.
(5) The K890, 000,000.00 directed to the District Services Improvement Program Trust Account must be split equally, with an amount of K10 million to be allocated and expended in each of the 89 districts, and the funds are to be allocated in equal amounts.
SCHEDULE 1.
Estimates of Expenditure for the Year ending 31 December 2013.
| Div. | Summary | Kina |
| 203 | Department of the Prime Minister & NEC | 272,300,000 |
| 204 | National Statistical Office | 3,000,000 |
| 206 | Department of Finance | 20,300,000 |
| 208 | Department of Treasury | 180,172,000 |
| 211 | PNG Customs | 8,000,000 |
| 213 | Fire Services | 3,000,000 |
| 216 | Internal Revenue Commission | 6,000,000 |
| 217 | Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade & Immigration | 25,627,000 |
| 220 | Department of Personnel Management | 110,290,000 |
| 223 | Judiciary Services | 10,000,000 |
| 225 | Department of Justice and Attorney General | 82,712,000 |
| 226 | Corrective Institution Service | 2,000,000 |
| 228 | Department of Police | 10,000,000 |
| 229 | Department of National Planning & Monitoring | 220,188,000 |
| 230 | Electoral Commission | 4,311,000 |
| 232 | Department of Provincial & Local Government Affairs | 58,944,000 |
| 234 | PNG Defence Force | 16,000,000 |
| 235 | Department of Education | 259,947,000 |
| 236 | Office of Higher Education | 21,185,000 |
| 240 | Department of Health | 190,924,000 |
| 241 | Hospital Management Services | 88,000,000 |
| 242 | Department of Community Development | 80,260,000 |
| 245 | Department of Environment & Conservation | 22,595,000 |
| 247 | Department of Agriculture & Livestock | 24,273,000 |
| 252 | Department of Lands & Physical Planning | 12,000,000 |
| 254 | Department of Mineral Policy & Geo-hazard Management | 5,338,000 |
| 255 | Department of Petroleum & Energy | 12,350,000 |
| 258 | Department of Information & Communication | 52,356,000 |
| 259 | Department of Transport | 10,311,000 |
| 261 | Department of Commerce & Industry | 78,663,000 |
| 264 | Department of Works & Implementation | 878,081,000 |
| 267 | Office of Rural Development | 76,093,000 |
| 506 | National Training Council | 39,996,000 |
| 509 | Border Development Authority | 17,442,000 |
| 511 | Office of Climate Change and Development | 11,293,000 |
| 512 | University of Papua New Guinea | 10,818,000 |
| 513 | University of Technology | 5,000,000 |
| 514 | University of Goroka | 8,629,000 |
| 515 | University of Environment and Natural Resources | 10,000,000 |
| 516 | PNG Sports Foundation | 6,940,000 |
| 519 | National AIDS Council Secretariat | 17,208,000 |
| 520 | Institute of Medical Research | 5,000,000 |
| 522 | Constitutional Law Reform Commission | 10,000,000 |
| 523 | Accident Investigation Commission | 3,000,000 |
| 524 | IPBC | 224,427,000 |
| 525 | National Broadcasting Coporation | 8,622,000 |
| 531 | Small Business Development Corporation | 5,000,000 |
| 535 | Mineral Resources Authority | 33,617,000 |
| 536 | Kokonas Indastri Koporesen | 7,000,000 |
| 537 | National Airports Corporation | 199,457,000 |
| 538 | PNG Air Services Limited | 14,300,000 |
| 539 | National Museum & Art Gallery | 20,000,000 |
| 540 | Water PNG | 15,000,000 |
| 542 | National Cultural Commission | 1,170,000 |
| 546 | PNG Power Limited | 56,467,000 |
| 547 | Telikom | 10,000,000 |
| 549 | Coastal Fisheries Development Agency | 15,000,000 |
| 550 | PNG Cocoa Coconut Institute | 3,000,000 |
| 554 | Coffee Industry Corporation | 4,000,000 |
| 557 | PNG National Forest Authority | 39,400,000 |
| 559 | PNG Oil Palm Industry Corporation | 10,600,000 |
| 562 | National Agriculture Research Institute | 6,466,000 |
| 563 | National Agriculture Quarantine & Inspection Authority | 1,000,000 |
| 567 | National Road Authority | 170,000,000 |
| 568 | Live Stock Development Corporation | 5,000,000 |
| 571 | Western Provincial Government | 70,000,000 |
| 572 | Gulf Provincial Government | 58,800,000 |
| 573 | Central Provincial Government | 67,200,000 |
| 574 | National Capital District | 53,216,000 |
| 575 | Milne Bay Provincial Government | 70,000,000 |
| 576 | Oro Provincial Government | 44,500,000 |
| 577 | Southern Highlands Provincial Government | 113,800,000 |
| 578 | Enga Provincial Government | 107,300,000 |
| 579 | Western Highlands Provincial Government | 124,500,000 |
| 580 | Simbu Provincial Government | 115,000,000 |
| 581 | Eastern Highlands Provincial Government | 138,000,000 |
| 582 | Morobe Provincial Government | 157,424,000 |
| 583 | Madang Provincial Government | 112,500,000 |
| 584 | East Sepik Provincial Government | 108,000,000 |
| 585 | Sandaun Provincial Government | 84,500,000 |
| 586 | Manus Provincial Government | 33,000,000 |
| 587 | New Ireland Provincial Government | 53,700,000 |
| 588 | East New Britain Provincial Government | 69,000,000 |
| 589 | West New Britain Provincial Government | 35,500,000 |
| 590 | Autonomous Bougainville Government | 172,113,000 |
| 591 | Hela Provincial Government | 89,900,000 |
| 592 | Jiwaka Provincial Government | 78,000,000 |
| | | |
| | Grand Total | 5,795,845,000 |
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SCHEDULE 2.
Immediate Transfer of Funds Appropriated in this Act from Divisions identified in the Budget Publications to Specified Trust Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2013
| SUMMARY | KINA |
| 2015 South Pacific Games | 180,000,000 |
| District Services Improvement Program Trust Account | 890,000,000 |
| Infrastructure Development Grant (UBSA) | 120,000,000 |
| Restoration and Development Grant (ABG) | 100,000,000 |
| High Impact Projects (UBSA) | 50,000,000 |
| | |
| Amount to be Transferred | K1,340,000,000. |
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I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Appropriation (National Development Expenditure 2013) Act 2012, which has been made by the National Parliament.
Acting Clerk of the National Parliament.
I hereby certify that the Appropriation (National Development Expenditure 2013) Act 2012 was made by the National Parliament on 27 November 2012.
Speaker of the National Parliament.
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