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BILL NO.

27 OF 2022 A BILL TO APPROPPRIATE A SUM OF THREE BILLION, THREE HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION, TWO THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR DOLLARS FOR THE ORDINARY SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 JULY 2023 ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji— 1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the 2022-2023 Appropriation Act 2022.

Short title and commencement (2) This Act comes into force on 1 August 2022.

Appropriation of $3,320,002,184 2.


A sum of $3,320,002,184 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 2023, and such sum is to be appropriated for the purposes specified in schedules 1 and 2 and also the 2022-2023 Budget Estimates.

3.

The Government borrowing for 2022-2023 shall not exceed the sum of Government borrowing $1,179,689,340.
2 SCHEDULE 1 (Section 2) _____ FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT Head No.
Ministry/Department Office of the President Office of the Prime Minister Office of the Attorney-General Ministry of Economy Ministry of iTaukei Affairs Amount $ 2,779,711 16,881,903 10,156,362 68,098,083 15,436,580 Ministry of Defence, National Security and Policing 14,938,721 Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Independent Bodies Independent Commissions Fiji Corrections Service Ministry of Justice Ministry of Communications Ministry of Civil Service Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management Republic of Fiji Military Forces Fiji Police Force Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts Ministry of Health and Medical Services 10,015,624 29,951,068 84,953,282 35,332,261 41,229,779 7,640,771 53,783,601 2,693,467 15,023,299 94,055,595 182,645,288 489,931,490 395,118,847 Ministry of Housing and Community Development 30,336,636 Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation 147,684,432 Ministry of Youth and Sports 13,836,603 2022-2023 Appropriation— of 2022 FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT Head No.
Ministry/Department Higher Education Institutions Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Fisheries Ministry of Forestry Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources 3 Amount $ 48,933,841 64,136,947 16,026,450 17,692,415 25,867,130 Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport 97,194,357 Ministry of Sugar Industry Ministry of Local Government 45,304,710 20,614,766 Ministry of Infrastructure and Meteorological Services 37,165,473 Water Authority of Fiji Ministry of Waterways and Environment Fiji Roads Authority Peacekeeping Missions Miscellaneous Services 204,317,091 19,497,672 376,744,845 50,844,801 427,392,973 TOTAL 3,214,256,874 26 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 40 41 42 43 49 50 *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 Amount $ (24,000) (2,949,170) (790,320) 2022-2023 Appropriation— of 2022 4 FROM THE LENDING FUND ACCOUNT 4 5 6 South Pacific Fertilizers Limited iTaukei Affairs Board Fiji Sports Council Total Recurrent Loans Non-Recurrent Loan 1 Tertiary Education Loan Scheme Total Non - Recurrent Loan TOTAL *Figures in Schedule 2 are rounded off to the nearest dollar Amount $ (486,000) (240,000) (247,300) (4,736,790) 110,482,100 110,482,100 105,745,310 2022-2023 Appropriation— of 2022 5 Office of the Attorney-General Suvavou House Suva July 2022 2022-2023 APPROPRIATION BILL 2022 –––––––– 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 2022-2023 Appropriation Bill 2022 (‘Bill’) makes provision for the estimate of capital and current expenditure for the ordinary services of the Government for the year 2022-2023.
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 2022.

Clause 2 of the Bill appropriates the sum of $3,320,002,184 for the ordinary services of the Government for the financial year ending 31 July 2023 for the purposes specified in schedules 1 and 2 to the Bill and the 2022-2023 Budget Estimates.
Clause 3 of the Bill provides that the Government borrowing for 2022-2023 must not exceed $1,179,689,340.

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

A. SAYED-KHAIYUM Attorney-General Price: $1.03 NITESH A. PRASAD, SERENDIB INVESTMENT PTE LTD, (Acting Government Printer), Suva, Fiji – 2022 27/A/22—269 Official Printer Since 2019