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BILL NO.

3 OF 2023 A BILL FOR AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE A SUM OF THREE BILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY ONE MILLION, NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED FOUR DOLLARS FOR THE ORDINARY SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 JULY 2024 ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji— 1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the 2023-2024 Appropriation Act 2023.

Short title and commencement (2) This Act comes into force on 1 August 2023.

Appropriation of $3,761,979,404 2.


A sum of $3,761,979,404 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 2024, and such sum is to be appropriated for the purposes specified in schedules 1 and 2 and also the 2023-2024 Budget Estimates.

3.

The Government borrowing for 2023-2024 must not exceed the sum of Government borrowing $1,155,376,618.
2 SCHEDULE 1 (Section 2) ________ FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT Head No.
Ministry/Department Amount $ 4,690,387 50,795,175 7,233,476 89,887,166 Office of the President Office of the Prime Minister Office of the Attorney-General Ministry of Finance and Strategic Planning, National Development and Statistics Ministry of iTaukei Affairs and Culture, Heritage and Arts 38,599,945 Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Independent Bodies Independent Commissions Fiji Corrections Service Ministry of Justice Ministry of Civil Service Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development, and Disaster Management Republic of Fiji Military Forces Fiji Police Force Ministry of Education Ministry of Health and Medical Services Ministry of Housing 12,396,387 10,318,252 37,938,997 86,199,976 35,519,666 46,992,304 5,355,681 50,574,636 29,123,985 103,099,077 183,736,119 505,364,671 453,685,401 25,658,802 Ministry of Women, Children and Social Protection 200,184,606 Ministry of Youth and Sports 19,524,140 2023-2024 Appropriation— of 2023 Ministry of Multi-Ethnic Affairs and Sugar Industry 51,693,531 FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT Head No.
Ministry/Department 26 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 38 40 41 43 49 50 Higher Education Institutions Ministry of Agriculture and Waterways Ministry of Fisheries Ministry of Forestry Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources Ministry of Trade, Co-operatives and Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications Ministry of Local Government Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation Ministry of Public Works and Meteorological Services, and Transport Water Authority of Fiji Fiji Roads Authority Peacekeeping Missions Miscellaneous Services TOTAL *Figures in Schedule 1 are rounded off to the nearest dollar SCHEDULE 2 (Section 2) ________ FROM THE LENDING FUND ACCOUNT Recurrent Loans FRCS PSC Scholarship Recovery Housing Authority Public Rental Board 1 2 3 3 Amount $ 103,327,812 95,151,054 20,313,683 21,260,997 30,104,193 116,539,560 29,364,767 52,286,380 98,296,081 250,817,598 387,586,120 56,955,690 456,143,989 3,766,720,304 Amount $ (28,000) (2,949,200) (790,300) 2023-2024 Appropriation— of 2023 4 FROM THE LENDING FUND ACCOUNT 4 5 6 South Pacific Fertilizers Limited iTaukei Affairs Board Fiji Sports Council Total Recurrent Loans *Figures in Schedule 2 are rounded off to the nearest dollar Amount $ (486,100) (240,000) (247,300) (4,740,900) 2023-2024 Appropriation— of 2023 5 Office of the Attorney-General Suvavou House Suva June 2023 2023-2024 APPROPRIATION BILL 2023 –––––––– 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 2023-2024 Appropriation Bill 2023 (‘Bill’) makes provision for the estimate of capital and current expenditure for the ordinary services of the Government for the year 2023-2024.
CLAUSES Clause 1 of the Bill provides for the short title and commencement.

If passed by Parliament, the new legislation (‘Act’) will come into force in the new financial year on 1 August 2023.

Clause 2 of the Bill appropriates the sum of $3,761,979,404 for the ordinary services of the Government for the financial year ending 31 July 2024 for the purposes specified in schedules 1 and 2 to the Bill and the 2023-2024 Budget Estimates.
Clause 3 of the Bill provides that the Government borrowing for 2023-2024 must not exceed $1,155,376,618.

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

S. TURAGA Attorney-General Price: $1.03 STAR PRINTERY PTE LTD, (Government Printer), Suva, Fiji – 2023 3/A/23—160 Official Printer Since 2022