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BILL NO.

13 OF 2020 A BILL FOR AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE A SUM OF THREE BILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN MILLION, NINETEEN THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE DOLLARS FOR THE ORDINARY SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 JULY 2021 ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji— 1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the 2020-2021 Appropriation Act 2020.

Short title and commencement (2) This Act comes into force on 1 August 2020.

Appropriation of $3,211,019,121 2.


A sum of $3,211,019,121 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 2021, and such sum is to be appropriated for the purposes specified in schedules 1 and 2 and also the 2020-2021 Budget Estimates.

3.

The Government borrowing for 2020-2021 must not exceed the sum of $2,750,529.30.
Government borrowing 2 SCHEDULE 1 (Section 2) ________ FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT Head No.
Ministry/Department 26 30 31 32 33 Office of the President Office of the Prime Minister Office of the Attorney-General Ministry of Economy Ministry of iTaukei Affairs Ministry of Defence, National Security and Policing Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Independent Bodies Independent Commissions 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 Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources Amount $ 2,203,995 14,874,735 10,096,102 64,439,086 14,069,575 13,808,730 10,743,810 32,692,457 77,715,561 31,201,083 38,231,056 47,438,465 2,991,299 16,624,010 81,045,436 200,611,727 450,586,697 394,344,448 13,467,843 158,983,195 11,800,552 81,385,814 65,289,391 15,473,008 15,694,218 24,876,000 2020-2021 Appropriation— of 2020 34 35 37 40 41 42 43 49 50 1 2 3 4 FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT Head No.
Ministry/Department Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport 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 $ 87,113,377 53,590,454 10,488,675 30,610,157 195,393,796 15,865,912 348,943,798 57,470,610 413,587,330 3,103,752,403 FROM THE LENDING FUND ACCOUNT AMOUNT Recurrent Loans PSC Scholarship Lending Fund Housing Authority Public Rental Board Fiji Pine Limited South Pacific Fertilizers Limited Total Recurrent Loan Non-Recurrent Loan $ (64,532) (2,846,223) (762,727) - (486,000) (64,532) 1 Tertiary Education Loans Scheme 111,426,200 Total Non-recurrent Loan 111,426,200 TOTAL 107,266,718 2020-2021 Appropriation— of 2020 4 Office of the Attorney-General Suvavou House Victoria Parade July 2020 2020-2021 APPROPRIATION BILL 2020 –––––––– EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Bill and is only intended to indicate its general effect) 1.0 1.1 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.0 3.1 BACKGROUND The 2020-2021 Appropriation Bill 2020 (‘Bill’) makes provision for the estimate of capital and current expenditure for the ordinary services of the Government for the year 2020-2021.
CLAUSES Clause 1 of the Bill provides for the short title and commencement.

If passed by Parliament, the legislation will come into force in the new financial year on 1 August 2020.

Clause 2 of the Bill appropriates the sum of $3,211,019,121 for the ordinary services of the Government for the financial year ending 31 July 2021 for the purposes specified in schedules 1 and 2 to the Bill and the 2020-2021 Budget Estimates.
Clause 3 of the Bill provides that the Government borrowing for 2020-2021 must not exceed the sum of $2,750,529.30.

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

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