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Appropriation Act 2007-2008


REPUBLIC OF NAURU


(No. 5 of 2007)


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS


Section


1. Short Title
2. Interpretation
3. Commencement and Expiry
4. Withdrawal of Monies From the Treasury Fund


Schedule


Expenditure Authorised Under this Act


_______________________


AN ACT


To provide for the withdrawal and expenditure of monies from the Treasury Fund to meet the expenditures of the Republic for the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, Two thousand and eight.


(Certified: 22nd June 2007)


BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of Nauru:-


SHORT TITLE


l. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2007-2008.


INTERPRETATION


2. In this Act


‘the Treasury Fund’ means the fund established under Article 58 of the Constitution of Nauru;


‘the Financial Year’ means the year commencing on the first day of July, Two thousand and seven and ending on the thirtieth day of June, two thousand and eight;


‘head’ means a department or division of the expenditure of the Republic listed in the schedule to this Act;


‘subhead’ means a subdivision of a head.


COMMENCEMENT AND EXPIRY


3. This Act shall come into force on the first day of July, One Thousand and seven and shall cease to have effect on the thirtieth day of June, One Thousand and eight.


WITHDRAWAL OF MONEYS FROM THE TREASURY FUND


4. (1) A sum not exceeding $24,656,959 may be withdrawn from the Treasury Fund and expended as authorised in the Schedule to this Act.


(2) The amounts in the Schedule to this Act are in substitution for and not in addition to any other Act providing Supply or an Appropriation to the Government in 2007-08 that may be approved by Parliament before this Act comes into force.


(3) Where the Cabinet considers it necessary to increase the amount assigned in the estimates to a particular subhead within a Head, the Cabinet may direct that there shall be applied to the aid of that subhead a further sum out of any surplus arising on any other subhead within the same Head, but so that the total amount withdrawn and expended does not exceed the amount authorised for that Head in the Schedule to this Act.


(4) Where the Cabinet authorises a transfer of funds between subheads within a Head in accordance with sub-section (2), it shall cause to be laid before the Parliament at its first meeting of the Parliament after it has approved the transfer, a copy of the order of the Cabinet approving such transfer.


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THE SCHEDULE


SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURE


Revised 2006-07 Budget

Government Departments and Directorates
2007-08
Budget
6,417,952
1
Chief Secretary - Secretariat
940,914
1,457,647
2
Commerce, Industry and Resources
490,889
3,919,203
3
Finance - Secretariat
8,107,876
871,123
4
Directorate of Police and Prisons
1,001,852
4,127,442
7
Education
4,152,864
321,375
8
Foreign Affairs - Brisbane Office
283,100
602,695
9
Directorate of Lands and Survey
627,009
303,600
10
Justice - Secretariat
224,122
2,514,289
11
Health
3,288,818
399,328
12
Parliament
266,529
388,217
13
Ministerial
537,987
91,288
16
Judiciary
76,158
673,955
17
Directorate of Civil Aviation
641,790
186,942
18
Foreign Affairs - Secretariat
203,945
70,898
22
Audit
106,172
136,157
25
Media Bureau
165,146
182,054
31
Presidency and State House
118,793
234,613
32
Foreign Affairs - Suva Office
189,917
270,000
34
Finance - Public Debt
270,000
227,359
39
Directorate of Bureau of Statistics
19,203
28,946
40
Women’s Affairs
32,340
145,150
41
Finance - Philately
145,190
51,654
44
Directorate of Youth Affairs
52,880
80,584
47
Lands Committee
101,100
394,598
48
UN Mission - New York
311,995
128,306
49
Directorate of Sports
161,660
2,888,615
50
Transport
32,575
807,450
51
Fisheries
891,515
24,784
52
Home Affairs and Culture
30,150
956,854
53
Maritime Transport
458,435
310,621
54
Land Transport
287,050
257,774
55
Taipei Office
224,771
-
56
Information & Communications Tech Dept.
214,214
29,471,473
Total
24,656,959

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of a Bill for an Act entitled Appropriation Act 2007-2008, has been passed by Parliament of Nauru and is now presented to the Speaker for his Certificate under Article 47 of the Constitution.


...................
Clerk of Parliament
22nd June 2007


Pursuant to Article 47 of the Constitution, I, VALDON K. DOWIYOGO, Speaker of Parliament, hereby certify that the Appropriation Act 2007-2008 has been passed by Parliament of Nauru.


...................
Speaker
22nd June 2007


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