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BILL NO.

7 OF 2019 A BILL FOR AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE A SUM OF THREE BILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND AND EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO DOLLARS FOR THE ORDINARY SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 JULY 2020 ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji— 1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the 2019-2020 Appropriation Act 2019.

Short title and commencement (2) This Act comes into force on 1 August 2019.

Appropriation of $3,434,407,892 2.


A sum of $3,434,407,892 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 ending 31 July 2020, and such sum is to be appropriated for the purposes specified in Schedules 1 and 2 and also the 2019-2020 Budget Estimates.

3.—(1) The Government borrowing for 2019-2020 shall not exceed the sum of Government borrowing $819,259,260.06.
2 SCHEDULE 1 (Section 2) ________ FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT Head No.
Ministry/Department 26 30 31 32 Office of the President Office of the Prime Minister Office of the Attorney-General Ministry of Economy Ministry of iTaukei Affairs Ministry of Defence and National Security Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Independent Bodies Independent Commissions Ministry of Disaster Management and Meteorological Services Ministry of Justice Ministry of Communications Ministry of Civil Service Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development Republic of Fiji Military Forces Fiji Police Force Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts Ministry of Health and Medical Services Ministry of Housing and Community Development Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Ministry of Youth and Sports Higher Education Institutions Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Fisheries Ministry of Forests Amount $ 3,242,996 17,557,041 11,149,347 87,015,794 15,379,499 16,455,241 13,383,625 43,419,506 84,723,971 33,566,019 12,785,085 41,888,928 74,611,365 3,271,330 18,692,188 95,922,897 177,789,359 467,653,878 349,774,235 17,176,049 127,683,970 19,898,651 115,587,227 78,715,879 17,177,727 16,522,667 2019-2020 Appropriation— of 2019 FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT Head No.
Ministry/Department Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism Ministry of Sugar Industry Ministry of Local Government Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport Water Authority of Fiji Ministry of Waterways and Environment Fiji Roads Authority Peacekeeping Missions Miscellaneous Services TOTAL SCHEDULE 2 (Section 2) ________ 3 Amount $ 29,627,939 67,057,083 70,395,382 28,447,329 89,627,421 258,715,744 33,928,402 419,426,623 77,526,811 270,611,903 3,306,409,111 FROM THE LENDING FUND ACCOUNT AMOUNT Recurrent Loans PSC Loan Scheme Housing Authority Public Rental Board Fiji Pine Limited Total Recurrent Loan Non-Recurrent Loan Tertiary Education Loans Scheme Total Non-Recurrent Loan $ (162,300) (2,848,005) (763,205) (1,200,000) (4,973,510) 132,972,291 132,972,291 TOTAL 127,998,781 33 34 35 37 40 41 42 43 49 50 1 2 3 4 1 2019-2020 Appropriation— of 2019 4 Office of the Attorney-General Suvavou House Victoria Parade June 2019 2019-2020 APPROPRIATION BILL 2019 –––––––– EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Bill and is intended only to indicate its general effect) 1.0 1.1 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.0 3.1 BACKGROUND The 2019-2020 Appropriation Bill 2019 (‘Bill’) makes provision for the estimate of capital and current expenditure for the ordinary services of the Government for the year 2019-2020.
CLAUSES Clause 1 of the Bill provides for the short title and commencement.

If passed by Parliament, the Act will come into force in the new financial year on 1 August 2019.

Clause 2 of the Bill appropriates the sum of $3,434,407,892 for the ordinary services of the Government for the financial year ending 31 July 2020 for the purposes specified in Schedules 1 and 2 to the Bill and the 2019-2020 Budget Estimates.
Clause 3 of the Bill provides that the Government borrowing for 2019-2020 must not exceed the sum of $819,259,260.06.

MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY The Act comes under the responsibility of the Minister responsible for finance.

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