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1 PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT ACT NO. 1 OF 1999 as amended by Public Finance Management Amendment Act, No. 29 of 1999 ACT To regulate financial management in the national government and provincial governments; to ensure that all revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of those governments are managed efficiently and effectively; to provide for the responsibilities of persons entrusted with financial management in those governments; and to provide for matters connected therewith. 1
2 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS CHAPTER 1 INTERPRETATION, OBJECT, APPLICATION AND AMENDMENT OF THIS ACT 1. Definitions 2. Object of this Act 3. Institutions to which this Act applies 4. Amendments to this Act CHAPTER 2 NATIONAL TREASURY AND NATIONAL REVENUE FUND Part 1: National Treasury 5. Establishment 6. Functions and powers 7. Banking, cash management and investment framework 2
3 8. Annual consolidated financial statements 9. Financial statistics and aggregations 10. Delegations by National Treasury Part 2: National Revenue Fund 11. Control of National Revenue Fund 12. Deposits and withdrawals by South African Revenue Services in Revenue Funds 13. Deposits into National Revenue Fund 14. Withdrawal of exclusions 15. Withdrawals and investments from National Revenue Fund 16. Use of funds in emergency situations CHAPTER 3 PROVINCIAL TREASURIES AND PROVINCIAL REVENUE FUNDS Part 1: Provincial treasuries 17. Establishment 18. Functions and powers 19. Annual consolidated financial statements 20. Delegations by provincial treasuries 3
4 Part 2: Provincial Revenue Funds 21. Control of Provincial Revenue Fund 22. Deposits by provincial departments into Provincial Revenue Fund 23. Withdrawal of exclusions from Provincial Revenue Funds 24. Withdrawals from Provincial Revenue Funds 25. Use of funds in emergency situations CHAPTER 4 NATIONAL BUDGETS 26. Annual appropriations 27. National budgets 28. Multi-year budget projections 29. Expenditure before annual budget is passed 30. National adjustments budget 31. Provincial adjustments budgets 32. Publishing of reports on state of budget 33. Withholding of appropriated funds 34. Unauthorised expenditure 35. Unfunded mandates 4
5 CHAPTER 5 DEPARTMENTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS Part 1: Appointment of accounting officers 36. Accounting officers 37. Acting accounting officers Part 2: Responsibilities of accounting officers 38. General responsibilities of accounting officers 39. Accounting officers responsibilities relating to budgetary control 40. Accounting officers reporting responsibilities 41. Information to be submitted by accounting officers 42. Accounting officers responsibilities when assets and liabilities are transferred 43. Virement between main divisions within votes Part 3: Other officials of departments and constitutional institutions 44. Assignment of powers and duties by accounting officers 45. Responsibilities of other officials 5
6 CHAPTER 6 PUBLIC ENTITIES Part 1: Application of this Chapter 46. Application 47. Unlisted public entities 48. Classification of public entities Part 2: Accounting authorities for public entities 49. Accounting authorities 50. Fiduciary duties of accounting authorities 51. General responsibilities of accounting authorities 52. Annual budget and corporate plan by Schedule 2 public entities and government business enterprises 53. Annual budgets by non-business Schedule 3 public entities 54. Information to be submitted by accounting authorities 55. Annual reports and financial statements Part 3: Other officials of public entities 56. Assignment of powers and duties by accounting authorities 6
7 57. Responsibilities of other officials Part 4: External auditors 58. Appointment of auditors 59. Discharge of auditors 60. Duties and powers of auditors 61. Reports of auditor 62. Duties and powers of Auditor-General CHAPTER 7 EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES 63. Financial responsibilities of executive authorities 64. Executive directives having financial implications 65. Tabling in legislatures 7
8 CHAPTER 8 LOANS, GUARANTEES AND OTHER COMMITMENTS Part 1: General principles 66. Restrictions on borrowing, guarantees and other commitments 67. No provincial foreign commitments 68. Consequences of unauthorised transactions 69. Regulations on borrowing by public entities 70. Guarantees, indemnities and securities by Cabinet members Part 2: Loans by national government 71. Purposes for which Minister may borrow money 72. Signing of loan agreements 73. Interest and repayments of loans to be direct charges 74. Repayment, conversion and consolidation of loans 75. Obligations from lien over securities 8
9 CHAPTER 9 GENERAL TREASURY MATTERS 76. Treasury regulations and instructions 77. Audit committees 78. Publishing of draft treasury regulations for public comment 79. Departures from treasury regulations, instructions or conditions 80. Determination of interest rates for debt owing to state CHAPTER 10 FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT Part 1: Disciplinary proceedings 81. Financial misconduct by officials in departments and constitutional institutions 82. Financial misconduct by treasury officials 83. Financial misconduct by accounting authorities and officials of public entities 84. Applicable legal regime for disciplinary proceedings 85. Regulations on financial misconduct procedures 9
10 Part 2: Criminal proceedings 86. Offences and penalties CHAPTER 11 ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD 87. Establishment 88. Composition 89. Functions of Board 90. Powers of Board 91. Regulations on accounting standards of Board CHAPTER 12 MISCELLANEOUS 92. Exemptions 93. Transitional provisions 94. Repeal of legislation 95. Short title and commencement Schedules 10
11 CHAPTER 1 INTERPRETATION, OBJECT, APPLICATION AND AMENDMENT OF THIS ACT 1. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates accounting officer means a person mentioned in section 36; accounting authority means a body or person mentioned in section 49; Accounting Standards Board means the board established in terms of section 87; annual Division of Revenue Act means the Act of Parliament which must annually be enacted in terms of section 214 (1) of the Constitution; constitutional institution means an institution listed in Schedule 1; department means a national or provincial department; executive authority 11
12 (a) in relation to a national department, means the Cabinet member who is accountable to Parliament for that department; (b) in relation to a provincial department, means the member of the Executive Council of a province who is accountable to the provincial legislature for that department; (c) in relation to a national public entity, means the Cabinet member who is accountable to Parliament for that public entity or in whose portfolio it falls; and (d) in relation to a provincial public entity, means the member of the provincial Executive Council who is accountable to the provincial legislature for that public entity or in whose portfolio it falls; financial year (a) means a year ending 31 March; or (b) in relation to a public entity that existed when this Act took effect and that has a different financial year in terms of other legislation, means that financial year, provided the National 12
13 Treasury has approved that other financial year; financial statements means statements consisting of at least (a) a balance sheet; (b) an income statement; (c) a cash-flow statement; (d) any other statements that may be prescribed; and (e) any notes to these statements; fruitless and wasteful expenditure means expenditure which was made in vain and would have been avoided had reasonable care been exercised; generally recognised accounting practice means an accounting practice complying in material respects with standards issued by the Accounting Standards Board; irregular expenditure means expenditure, other than unauthorised expenditure, incurred in contravention of or that is not in accordance with a requirement of any applicable legislation, including (a) this Act; or 13
14 (b) the State Tender Board Act, 1968 (Act No. 86 of 1968), or any regulations made in terms of that Act; or (c) any provincial legislation providing for procurement procedures in that provincial government; main division within a vote means one of the main segments into which a vote is divided and which (a) specifies the total amount which is appropriated for the items under that segment; and (b) is approved by Parliament or a provincial legislature, as may be appropriate, as part of the vote; MEC for finance means the member of an Executive Council of a province responsible for finance in the province; Minister means the Minister of Finance; national department means 14
15 (a) (b) a department listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of 1994), but excluding a provincial administration; or an organisational component listed in Schedule 3 of that Act; national government business enterprise means an entity which (a) is a juristic person under the ownership control of the national executive; (b) has been assigned financial and operational authority to carry on a business activity; (c) as its principal business, provides goods or services in accordance with ordinary business principles; and (d) is financed fully or substantially from sources other than (i) the National Revenue Fund; or (ii) by way of a tax, levy or other statutory money; national public entity means 15
16 (a) a national government business enterprise; or (b) a board, commission, company, corporation, fund or other entity (other than a national government business enterprise) which is (i) established in terms of national legislation; (ii) fully or substantially funded either from the National Revenue Fund, or by way of a tax, levy or other money imposed in terms of national legislation; and (iii) accountable to Parliament; National Treasury means the National Treasury established by section 5; overspending (a) in relation to a vote, means when expenditure under the vote exceeds the amount appropriated for that vote; or (b) in relation to a main division within a vote, means when expenditure under 16
17 the main division exceeds the amount appropriated for that main division, subject to section 43; ownership control, in relation to an entity, means the ability to exercise any of the following powers to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity in order to obtain benefits from its activities: (a) To appoint or remove all, or the majority of, the members of that entity s board of directors or equivalent governing body; (b) to appoint or remove that entity s chief executive officer; (c) to cast all, or the majority of, the votes at meetings of that board of directors or equivalent governing body; or (d) to control all, or the majority of, the voting rights at a general meeting of that entity; prescribe means prescribe by regulation or instruction in terms of section 76; provincial department means 17
18 (a) (b) a provincial administration listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Service Act, 1994; or a department within a provincial administration and listed in Schedule 2 of that Act; provincial government business enterprise means an entity which (a) is a juristic person under the ownership control of a provincial executive; (b) has been assigned financial and operational authority to carry on a business activity; (c) as its principal business, provides goods or services in accordance with ordinary business principles; and (d) is financed fully or substantially from sources other than (i) a Provincial Revenue Fund; or (ii) by way of a tax, levy or other statutory money; provincial public entity means 18
19 (a) a provincial government business enterprise; or (b) a board, commission, company, corporation, fund or other entity (other than a provincial government business enterprise) which is (i) established in terms of legislation or a provincial constitution; (ii) fully or substantially funded either from a Provincial Revenue Fund or by way of a tax, levy or other money imposed in terms of legislation; and (iii) accountable to a provincial legislature; provincial treasury means a treasury established in terms of section 17; public entity means a national or provincial public entity; Revenue Fund means 19
20 (a) the National Revenue Fund mentioned in section 213 of the Constitution; or (b) a Provincial Revenue Fund mentioned in section 226 of the Constitution; this Act includes any regulations and instructions in terms of section 69, 76, 85 or 91; trading entity means an entity operating within the administration of a department for the provision or sale of goods or services, and established (a) in the case of a national department, with the approval of the National Treasury; or (b) in the case of a provincial department, with the approval of the relevant provincial treasury acting within a prescribed framework; treasury means the National Treasury or a provincial treasury, as may be appropriate in the circumstances; 20
21 unauthorised expenditure means (a) overspending of a vote or a main division within a vote; (b) expenditure not in accordance with the purpose of a vote or, in the case of a main division, not in accordance with the purpose of the main division; vote means one of the main segments into which an appropriation Act is divided and which (a) (b) specifies the total amount which is usually appropriated per department in an appropriation Act; and is separately approved by Parliament or a provincial legislature, as may be appropriate, before it approves the relevant draft appropriation Act as such. 2. Object of this Act. The object of this Act is to secure transparency, accountability, and sound management of the revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of the institutions to which this Act applies. 21
22 3. Institutions to which this Act applies. (1) This Act, to the extent indicated in the Act, applies to (a) departments; (b) public entities listed in Schedule 2 or 3; (c) constitutional institutions; and (d) Parliament and the provincial legislatures, subject to subsection (2). (2) To the extent that a provision of this Act applies to (a) Parliament, any controlling and supervisory functions of the National Treasury in terms of that provision are performed by the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, acting jointly; and (b) a provincial legislature, any controlling and supervisory functions of the National Treasury and a provincial treasury in terms of that provision are performed by the Speaker of the provincial legislature. 22
23 (3) In the event of any inconsistency between this Act and any other legislation, this Act prevails. 4. Amendments to this Act. Draft legislation directly or indirectly amending this Act, or providing for the enactment of subordinate legislation that may conflict with this Act, may be introduced in Parliament (a) by the Minister only; or (b) only after the Minister has been consulted on the contents of the draft legislation. 23
24 CHAPTER 2 NATIONAL TREASURY AND NATIONAL REVENUE FUND Part 1: National Treasury 5. Establishment. (1) A National Treasury is hereby established, consisting of (a) the Minister, who is the head of the Treasury; and (b) the national department or departments responsible for financial and fiscal matters. (2) The Minister, as the head of the National Treasury, takes the policy and other decisions of the Treasury, except those decisions taken as a result of a delegation or instruction in terms of section Functions and powers. (1) The National Treasury must (a) promote the national government s fiscal policy framework and the co-ordination of macro-economic policy; 24
25 (b) co-ordinate intergovernmental financial and fiscal relations; (c) manage the budget preparation process; (d) exercise control over the implementation of the annual national budget, including any adjustments budgets; (e) facilitate the implementation of the annual Division of Revenue Act; (f) monitor the implementation of provincial budgets; (g) promote and enforce transparency and effective management in respect of revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of departments, public entities and constitutional institutions; and (h) perform the other functions assigned to the National Treasury in terms of this Act. (2) To the extent necessary to perform the functions mentioned in subsection (1), the National Treasury (a) must prescribe uniform treasury norms and standards; 25
26 (b) must enforce this Act and any prescribed norms and standards, including any prescribed standards of generally recognised accounting practice and uniform classification systems, in national departments; (c) must monitor and assess the implementation of this Act, including any prescribed norms and standards, in provincial departments, in public entities and in constitutional institutions; (d) may assist departments and constitutional institutions in building their capacity for efficient, effective and transparent financial management; (e) may investigate any system of financial management and internal control in any department, public entity or constitutional institution; (f) must intervene by taking appropriate steps, which may include steps in terms of section 100 of the Constitution or the withholding of funds in terms of section 216 (2) of 26
27 (g) the Constitution, to address a serious or persistent material breach of this Act by a department, public entity or constitutional institution; and may do anything further that is necessary to fulfil its responsibilities effectively. (3) Subsections (1) (g) and (2) apply to public entities listed in Schedule 2 only to the extent provided for in this Act. 7. Banking, cash management and investment framework. (1) The National Treasury must prescribe a framework within which departments, public entities listed in Schedule 3 and constitutional institutions must conduct their cash management. (2) A department authorised to open a bank account in terms of the prescribed framework, a public entity or a constitutional institution may open a bank account only (a) with a bank registered in South Africa and approved in writing by the National Treasury; and (b) after any prescribed tendering procedures have been complied with. 27
28 (3) A department, public entity listed in Schedule 3 or constitutional institution may not open a bank account abroad or with a foreign bank except with the written approval of the National Treasury. (4) The National Treasury may prescribe an investment policy for public entities, constitutional institutions and those departments authorised to open a bank or other account in terms of the prescribed framework. (5) A bank which has opened a bank account for a department, a public entity listed in Schedule 3 or a constitutional institution, or any other institution that holds money for a department, a public entity listed in Schedule 3 or a constitutional institution, must promptly disclose information regarding the account when so requested by the National Treasury or the Auditor-General, or, in the case of a provincial department or provincial public entity, by the National Treasury, the Auditor-General or the relevant provincial treasury. 8. Annual consolidated financial statements. (1) The National Treasury must (a) prepare consolidated financial statements in accordance with 28
29 (b) generally recognised accounting practice for each financial year in respect of (i) national departments; (ii) public entities under the ownership control of the national executive; (iii) constitutional institutions; (iv) the South African Reserve Bank; (v) the Auditor-General; and (vi) Parliament; and submit those statements for audit to the Auditor-General within three months after the end of that financial year. (2) The Auditor-General must audit the consolidated financial statements and submit an audit report on the statements to the National Treasury within three months of receipt of the statements. (3) The Minister must submit the consolidated financial statements and the audit report on those statements within one month of receiving the report from the Auditor-General, to Parliament for tabling in both Houses. 29
30 (4) The consolidated financial statements must be made public when submitted to Parliament. (5) If the Minister fails to submit the consolidated financial statements and the Auditor- General s audit report on those statements to Parliament within seven months after the end of the financial year to which those statements relate (a) the Minister must submit to Parliament a written explanation setting out the reasons why they were not submitted; and (b) the Auditor-General may issue a special report on the delay. 9. Financial statistics and aggregations. The National Treasury may annually compile in accordance with international standards, and publish in the national Government Gazette, financial statistics and aggregations concerning all spheres of government. 10. Delegations by National Treasury. (1) The Minister may (a) in writing delegate any of the powers entrusted to the National Treasury in terms of this Act, to the head of a department forming part of the 30
31 (b) National Treasury, or instruct that head of department to perform any of the duties assigned to the National Treasury in terms of this Act; and in relation to a provincial department or provincial public entity, in writing delegate any of the powers entrusted to the National Treasury in terms of this Act to a provincial treasury, or request that treasury to perform any of the duties assigned to the National Treasury in terms of this Act, as the Minister and the relevant MEC for finance may agree. (2) A delegation, instruction or request in terms of subsection (1) to the head of a department forming part of the National Treasury, or to a provincial treasury (a) is subject to any limitations or conditions that the Minister may impose; (b) may authorise that head, in the case of subsection (1) (a) (i) to sub-delegate, in writing, the delegated power to another National Treasury official, or to 31
32 (c) the holder of a specific post in the National Treasury, or to the accounting officer of a constitutional institution or a department, or to the accounting authority for a public entity; or (ii) to instruct another National Treasury official, or the holder of a specific post in the National Treasury, or the accounting officer for a constitutional institution or a department, or the accounting authority for a public entity, to perform the assigned duty; may authorise a provincial treasury, in the case of subsection (1) (b) (i) to sub-delegate, in writing, the delegated power to an official in that provincial treasury, or to the holder of a specific post in that provincial treasury, or to the accounting officer for a provincial department, or to the accounting authority for a provincial public entity; or (ii) to instruct an official in that provincial treasury, or the holder 32
33 of a specific post in that provincial treasury, or the accounting officer for a provincial department, or the accounting authority for a provincial public entity, to perform the assigned duty; and (d) does not divest the Minister of the responsibility concerning the exercise of the delegated power or the performance of the assigned duty. (3) The Minister may confirm, vary or revoke any decision taken by the head of a department forming part of the National Treasury, or by a provincial treasury, as a result of a delegation, instruction or request in terms of subsection (1) (a) or (b), or by a treasury official or accounting officer or accounting authority as a result of an authorisation in terms of subsection (2) (b) or (c), subject to any rights that may have become vested as a consequence of the decision. 33
34 Part 2: National Revenue Fund 11. Control of National Revenue Fund. (1) The National Treasury is in charge of the National Revenue Fund and must enforce compliance with the provisions of section 213 of the Constitution, namely that (a) all money received by the national government must be paid into the Fund, except money reasonably excluded by this Act or another Act of Parliament; and (b) no money may be withdrawn from the Fund except (i) in terms of an appropriation by an Act of Parliament; or (ii) as a direct charge against the Fund, subject to section 15 (1) (a) (ii). (2) Draft legislation that provides for a withdrawal from the National Revenue Fund as a direct charge against the Fund, may be introduced in Parliament only after the Minister has been consulted and has consented to the direct charge. (3) Money that must be paid into the National Revenue Fund is paid into the Fund by 34
35 depositing it into a bank account of the Fund in accordance with any requirements that may be prescribed. (4) The National Treasury must establish appropriate and effective cash management and banking arrangements for the National Revenue Fund. (5) The National Treasury must ensure that there is at all times sufficient money in the National Revenue Fund. 12. Deposits and withdrawals by South African Revenue Services in Revenue Funds. (1) The South African Revenue Services must promptly deposit into a Revenue Fund all taxes, levies, duties, fees and other moneys collected by it for that Revenue Fund, in accordance with a framework determined by the National Treasury. (2) The South African Revenue Services may, despite section 15 (1), withdraw money from the National Revenue Fund (a) to refund any tax, levy or duty credits or any other charges in connection with taxes, levies or duties; (b) to make other refunds approved by the National Treasury; or 35
36 (c) to transfer to a member of the South African Customs Union any money collected on its behalf. (3) The National Treasury must promptly transfer all taxes, levies, duties, fees and other moneys collected by the South African Revenue Services for a province and deposited into the National Revenue Fund, to that province s Provincial Revenue Fund. (4) Withdrawals in terms of subsection (2) or (3) are direct charges against the National Revenue Fund. 13. Deposits into National Revenue Fund. (1) All money received by the national government must be paid into the National Revenue Fund, except money received by (a) Parliament; (b) a national public entity; (c) the South African Reserve Bank; (d) the Auditor-General; (e) the national government from donor agencies which in terms of legislation or the agreement with the donor, must be paid to the Reconstruction and Development Programme Fund; 36
37 (f) (g) a national department (i) operating a trading entity, if the money is received in the ordinary course of operating the trading entity; (ii) in trust for a specific person or category of persons or for a specific purpose; (iii) from another department to render an agency service for that department; or (iv) if the money is of a kind described in Schedule 4; or a constitutional institution (i) in trust for a specific person or category of persons or for a specific purpose; or (ii) if the money is of a kind described in Schedule 4. (2) The exclusion in subsection (1) (b) does not apply to a national public entity which is not listed in Schedule 2 or 3 but which in terms of section 47 is required to be listed. (3) Draft legislation that excludes money from payment into the National Revenue Fund may be introduced in Parliament only after the Minister 37
38 has been consulted on the reasonableness of the exclusion and has consented to the exclusion. (4) Any legislation inconsistent with subsection (1) is of no force and effect to the extent of the inconsistency. (5) Money received by Parliament, a national public entity listed in Schedule 2 or 3, the South African Reserve Bank or the Auditor-General must be paid into a bank account opened by the institution concerned. 14. Withdrawal of exclusions. (1) The National Treasury may withdraw, from a date determined by it, any exclusion granted to a national department, a constitutional institution or a national public entity in terms of section 13 (1), either with regard to all money or with regard to money of a specific kind received by that department, constitutional institution or public entity, if (a) the exclusion is not reasonable within the context of section 213 of the Constitution; or (b) the National Treasury regards the withdrawal of the exclusion to be necessary for transparency or more effective and accountable financial management. 38
39 (2) The exclusion in terms of section 13 (1) of the following public entities may not be withdrawn: (a) A national government business enterprise which is a company and in which the state is not the sole shareholder; and (b) the national public entities listed in Schedule 2. (3) From the date on which the withdrawal of an exclusion in terms of subsection (1) takes effect until the end of the relevant financial year, the National Treasury may transfer money from the National Revenue Fund, as a direct charge against the Fund, to the national department or public entity affected by the withdrawal, provided that the amount of the transfer does not exceed the amount that would otherwise have been excluded from payment into the Fund. (4) The Minister must promptly inform Parliament of any withdrawal of an exclusion in terms of subsection (1). 15. Withdrawals and investments from National Revenue Fund. (1) Only the National Treasury may withdraw money from the National Revenue Fund, and may do so only 39
40 (a) (b) (c) to provide funds that have been authorised (i) in terms of an appropriation by an Act of Parliament; or (ii) as a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund provided for in the Constitution or this Act, or in any other Act of Parliament provided the direct charge in such a case is listed in Schedule 5; to refund money invested by a province in the National Revenue Fund; or to refund money incorrectly paid into, or which is not due to, the National Revenue Fund. (2) A payment in terms of subsection (1) (b) or (c) is a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund. (3) (a) The National Treasury may invest temporarily, in the Republic or elsewhere, money in the National Revenue Fund that is not immediately needed. (b) When money in the National Revenue Fund is invested, the investment, including interest 40
41 earned, is regarded as part of the National Revenue Fund. 16. Use of funds in emergency situations. (1) The Minister may authorise the use of funds from the National Revenue Fund to defray expenditure of an exceptional nature which is currently not provided for and which cannot, without serious prejudice to the public interest, be postponed to a future parliamentary appropriation of funds. (2) The combined amount of any authorisations in terms of subsection (1), may not exceed two per cent of the total amount appropriated in the annual national budget for the current financial year. (3) An amount authorised in terms of subsection (1) is a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund. (4) An amount authorised in terms of subsection (1) must (a) be reported to Parliament and the Auditor-General within 14 days, or if the funds are authorised for the deployment of the security services, within a period determined by the President; and 41
42 (b) be attributed to a vote. (5) A report to Parliament in terms of subsection (4) (a) must be submitted to the National Assembly for tabling in the Assembly and made public. (6) Expenditure in terms of subsection (1) must be included either in the next adjustments budget for the financial year in which the expenditure is authorised or in other appropriation legislation tabled in the National Assembly within 120 days of the Minister authorising the expenditure, whichever is the sooner. 42
43 CHAPTER 3 PROVINCIAL TREASURIES AND PROVINCIAL REVENUE FUNDS Part 1: Provincial treasuries 17. Establishment. (1) There is a provincial treasury for each province, consisting of (a) the MEC for finance in the province, who is the head of the provincial treasury; and (b) the provincial department responsible for financial matters in the province. (2) The MEC for finance as the head of a provincial treasury takes the policy and other decisions of the treasury, except those decisions taken as a result of a delegation or instruction in terms of section Functions and powers. (1) A provincial treasury must 43
44 (a) prepare the provincial budget; (b) exercise control over the implementation of the provincial budget; (c) promote and enforce transparency and effective management in respect of revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of provincial departments and provincial public entities; and (d) ensure that its fiscal policies do not materially and unreasonably prejudice national economic policies. (2) A provincial treasury (a) must issue provincial treasury instructions not inconsistent with this Act; (b) must enforce this Act and any prescribed national and provincial norms and standards, including any prescribed standards of generally recognised accounting practice and uniform classification systems, in provincial departments; (c) must comply with the annual Division of Revenue Act, and monitor and assess the 44
45 implementation of that Act in provincial public entities; (d) must monitor and assess the implementation in provincial public entities of national and provincial norms and standards; (e) may assist provincial departments and provincial public entities in building their capacity for efficient, effective and transparent financial management; (f) may investigate any system of financial management and internal control applied by a provincial department or a provincial public entity; (g) must intervene by taking appropriate steps, which may include the withholding of funds, to address a serious or persistent material breach of this Act by a provincial department or a provincial public entity; (h) must promptly provide any information required by the National Treasury in terms of this Act; and 45
46 (i) may do anything further that is necessary to fulfil its responsibilities effectively. 19. Annual consolidated financial statements. (1) A provincial treasury must (a) prepare consolidated financial statements, in accordance with generally recognised accounting practice, for each financial year in respect of (i) provincial departments in the province; (ii) public entities under the ownership control of the provincial executive of the province; and (iii) the provincial legislature in the province; and (b) submit those statements to the Auditor-General within three months after the end of that financial year. (2) The Auditor-General must audit the consolidated financial statements and submit an audit report on the statements to the provincial 46
47 treasury of the province concerned within three months of receipt of the statements. (3) The MEC for finance in a province must submit the consolidated financial statements and the audit report, within one month of receiving the report from the Auditor-General, to the provincial legislature for tabling in the legislature. (4) The consolidated financial statements must be made public when submitted to the provincial legislature. (5) If the MEC for finance fails to submit the consolidated financial statements and the Auditor-General s audit report on those statements to the provincial legislature within seven months after the end of the financial year to which those statements relate (a) the MEC must submit to the legislature a written explanation setting out the reasons why they were not submitted; and (b) the Auditor-General may issue a special report on the delay. 20. Delegations by provincial treasuries. (1) The MEC for finance in a province may, in 47
48 writing, delegate any of the powers entrusted or delegated to the provincial treasury in terms of this Act to the head of the department referred to in section 17 (1) (b), or instruct that head of department to perform any of the duties assigned to the provincial treasury in terms of this Act. (2) A delegation or instruction in terms of subsection (1) to the head of the department referred to in section 17 (1) (b) (a) is subject to any limitations or conditions that the MEC for finance may impose; (b) may authorise that head (i) to, in writing, sub-delegate the delegated power to another treasury official or the holder of a specific post in that treasury, or to the accounting officer for a provincial department, or to the accounting authority for a provincial public entity in the province; or (ii) to instruct another provincial treasury official or the holder of a specific post in that treasury, or the accounting officer for a provincial department, or the 48
49 (c) accounting authority for a provincial public entity in the province, to perform the assigned duty; and does not divest the MEC for finance of the responsibility concerning the exercise of the delegated power or the performance of the assigned duty. (3) The MEC for finance may confirm, vary or revoke any decision taken by the head of the department referred to in section 17 (1) (b), as a result of a delegation or instruction in terms of subsection (1), or by a treasury official or accounting officer or accounting authority as a result of an authorisation in terms of subsection (2) (b), subject to any rights that may have become vested as a consequence of the decision. Part 2: Provincial Revenue Funds 21. Control of Provincial Revenue Funds. (1) The provincial treasury of a province is in charge of that province s Provincial Revenue Fund and must enforce compliance with the provisions of section 226 of the Constitution, namely that 49
50 (a) (b) all money received by the provincial government must promptly be paid into the Fund, except money reasonably excluded by this Act or another Act of Parliament; and no money may be withdrawn from the Fund except (i) in terms of an appropriation by a provincial Act; or (ii) as a direct charge against the Fund when it is provided for in the Constitution or a provincial Act. (2) Money that must be paid into the Provincial Revenue Fund is paid into the Fund by depositing it into a bank account of the Fund in accordance with any requirements that may be prescribed. (3) A provincial treasury must establish appropriate and effective cash management and banking arrangements for its Provincial Revenue Fund in accordance with the framework that must be prescribed in terms of section 7. 50
51 22. Deposits into Provincial Revenue Funds. (1) All money received by a provincial government, including the province s equitable share, and grants made to it, in terms of the annual Division of Revenue Act, must be paid into the province s Provincial Revenue Fund, except money received by (a) the provincial legislature in the province; (b) a provincial public entity in the province; (c) the provincial government from donor agencies which in terms of legislation or the agreement with the donor, must be paid to the Reconstruction and Development Programme Fund; (d) a provincial department in the province (i) operating a trading entity, if the money is received in the ordinary course of operating the trading entity; (ii) in trust for a specific person or category of persons or for a specific purpose; 51
52 (iii) from another department to render an agency service on behalf of that department; (iv) in terms of the annual Division of Revenue Act, if the money is exempted by that Act from payment into the Revenue Fund; or (v) if the money is of a kind described in Schedule 4. (2) The exclusion in subsection (1) (b) does not apply to a provincial public entity in the province which is not listed in Schedule 3 but which, in terms of section 47, is required to be listed. (3) Draft legislation that excludes money from payment into a Provincial Revenue Fund may be introduced in Parliament only after the Minister has been consulted on the reasonableness of the exclusion and has consented to the exclusion. (4) Any legislation inconsistent with subsection (1) is of no force and effect to the extent of the inconsistency. (5) Money received by a provincial legislature or a provincial public entity listed in 52
53 Schedule 3 must be paid into a bank account opened by the entity concerned. 23. Withdrawal of exclusions from Provincial Revenue Funds. (1) The National Treasury, after having consulted the relevant provincial treasury, may withdraw, from a date determined by it, any exclusion granted to a provincial department or provincial public entity in terms of section 22 (1), either with regard to all money or with regard to money of a specific kind received by that department or public entity, if (a) the exclusion is not reasonable within the context of section 226 of the Constitution; or (b) the National Treasury regards the withdrawal of the exclusion to be necessary for transparency or more effective and accountable financial management. (2) The exclusion in terms of section 22 (1) of a provincial government business enterprise which is a company and in which the relevant province is not the sole shareholder, may not be withdrawn, provided the National Treasury has given its prior written approval to the province to 53
54 participate in a company that is not wholly owned by the province. (3) From the date on which the withdrawal of an exclusion in terms of subsection (1) takes effect until the end of the relevant financial year, a provincial treasury may transfer money from the Provincial Revenue Fund, as a direct charge against the Fund, to the provincial department or provincial public entity affected by the withdrawal of the exclusion (a) if a provincial Act provides for the transfer to be a direct charge; and (b) provided that the amount of the transfer does not exceed the amount that would otherwise have been excluded from payment into the Fund. (4) The Minister must promptly inform Parliament of any withdrawal of an exclusion in terms of subsection (1). 24. Withdrawals and investments from Provincial Revenue Funds. (1) Only a provincial treasury may withdraw money from a Provincial Revenue Fund, and may do so only 54
55 (a) (b) (c) to provide funds that have been authorised (i) in terms of an appropriation by a provincial Act; or (ii) as a direct charge against the Provincial Revenue Fund provided for in the Constitution or a provincial Act; to refund money incorrectly paid into, or which is not due to, the Provincial Revenue Fund; or to deposit into or invest money in the National Revenue Fund. (2) A payment in terms of subsection (1) (b) or (c) is a direct charge against a Provincial Revenue Fund if a provincial Act so provides. (3) (a) A provincial treasury, in accordance with a prescribed framework, may invest temporarily in the Republic money in the province s Provincial Revenue Fund that is not immediately needed. (b) When money in a Provincial Revenue Fund is invested, the investment, including interest earned, is regarded as part of that Fund. 55
56 25. Use of funds in emergency situations. (1) The MEC for finance in a province may authorise the use of funds from that province s Provincial Revenue Fund to defray expenditure of an exceptional nature which is currently not provided for and which cannot, without serious prejudice to the public interest in the province, be postponed to a future appropriation by the provincial legislature. (2) The combined amount of any authorisations in terms of subsection (1) may not exceed two per cent of the total amount appropriated in the annual provincial budget for the current financial year. (3) An amount authorised in terms of subsection (1) is a direct charge against the Provincial Revenue Fund if a provincial Act so provides. (4) An amount authorised in terms of subsection (1) must (a) be reported to the provincial legislature and the Auditor-General within 14 days; and (b) be attributed to a vote. (5) A report to a provincial legislature in terms of subsection (4) (a) must be submitted to the 56
57 provincial legislature for tabling in the legislature and made public. (6) Expenditure in terms of subsection (1) must be included either in the next provincial adjustments budget for the financial year in which the expenditure is authorised, or in other appropriation legislation tabled in the provincial legislature within 120 days of the MEC for finance in the province authorising the expenditure, whichever is the sooner. 57
58 CHAPTER 4 NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL BUDGETS 26. Annual appropriations. Parliament and each provincial legislature must appropriate money for each financial year for the requirements of the state and the province, respectively. 27. National annual budgets. (1) The Minister must table the annual budget for a financial year in the National Assembly before the start of that financial year or, in exceptional circumstances, on a date as soon as possible after the start of that financial year, as the Minister may determine. (2) The MEC for finance in a province must table the provincial annual budget for a financial year in the provincial legislature not later than two weeks after the tabling of the national annual budget, but the Minister may approve an extension of time for the tabling of a provincial budget. 58
59 (3) An annual budget must be in accordance with a format as may be prescribed, and must at least contain (a) estimates of all revenue expected to be raised during the financial year to which the budget relates; (b) estimates of current expenditure for that financial year per vote and per main division within the vote; (c) estimates of interest and debt servicing charges, and any repayments on loans; (d) estimates of capital expenditure per vote and per main division within a vote for that financial year and the projected financial implications of that expenditure for future financial years; (e) estimates of revenue excluded in terms of section 13 (1) or 22 (1) from the relevant Revenue Fund for that financial year; (f) estimates of all direct charges against the relevant Revenue Fund and standing appropriations for that financial year; 59
60 (g) proposals for financing any anticipated deficit for that financial year; (h) an indication of intentions regarding borrowing and other forms of public liability that will increase public debt during that financial year and future financial years; (i) the projected (i) revenue for the previous financial year; (ii) expenditure per vote, and per main division within the vote, for the previous financial year; and (iii) borrowing for the previous financial year; and (j) any other information as may be prescribed, including any multi-year budget information. (4) When the annual budget is introduced in the National Assembly or a provincial legislature, the accounting officer for each department must submit to Parliament or the provincial legislature, as may be appropriate, measurable objectives for each 60
61 main division within the department s vote. The relevant treasury may co-ordinate these submissions and consolidate them in one document. 28. Multi-year budget projections. (1) The Minister and the MEC for finance in a province must annually table in the National Assembly and in that province s provincial legislature, respectively, a multi-year budget projection of (a) the estimated revenue expected to be raised during each year of the multiyear period; and (b) the estimated expenditure expected to be incurred per vote during each year of the multi-year period, differentiating between capital and current expenditure. (2) A multi-year budget projection tabled by the Minister must contain the Minister s key macroeconomic projections. 29. Expenditure before annual budget is passed. (1) If an annual budget is not passed before the start of the financial year to which it 61
62 relates, funds may be withdrawn in accordance with this section from the relevant Revenue Fund for the services of the state or the province concerned during that financial year as direct charges against the Fund until the budget is passed. (2) Funds withdrawn from a Revenue Fund in terms of subsection (1) (a) may be utilised only for services for which funds were appropriated in the previous annual budget or adjustments budget; and (b) may not (i) during the first four months of that financial year, exceed 45 per cent of the total amount appropriated in the previous annual budget; (ii) during each of the following months, exceed 10 per cent of the total amount appropriated in the previous annual budget; and (iii) in aggregate, exceed the total amount appropriated in the previous annual budget. 62
63 (3) The funds provided for in subsection (1) are not additional to funds appropriated for the relevant financial year, and any funds withdrawn in terms of that subsection must be regarded as forming part of the funds appropriated in the relevant annual budget for that financial year. (4) This section does not apply in respect of a province unless a provincial Act provides that the withdrawal of funds in terms of this section is a direct charge against that province s Revenue Fund. 30. National adjustments budgets. (1) The Minister may table an adjustments budget in the National Assembly as and when necessary. (2) A national adjustments budget may only provide for (a) adjustments required due to significant and unforeseeable economic and financial events affecting the fiscal targets set by the annual budget; (b) unforeseeable and unavoidable expenditure recommended by the national executive or any committee 63
64 of Cabinet members to whom this task has been assigned; (c) any expenditure in terms of section 16; (d) money to be appropriated for expenditure already announced by the Minister during the tabling of the annual budget; (e) the shifting of funds between and within votes or to follow the transfer of functions in terms of section 42; (f) the utilisation of savings under a main division of a vote for the defrayment of excess expenditure under another main division of the same vote in terms of section 43; and (g) the roll-over of unspent funds from the preceding financial year. 31. Provincial adjustments budgets. (1) The MEC for finance in a province may table an adjustments budget in the provincial legislature, subject to subsection (3). (2) An adjustments budget of a province may only provide for 64