REPUBLIC OF FIJI

2022-2023 Appropriation Act 2022

ACT NO. 27 OF 2022

I assent.
K. KUMAR
Chief Justice

[29 July 2022]

AN ACT
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—
Short title and commencement
(1) This Act may be cited as the 2022-2023 Appropriation Act 2022.
(2) This Act comes into force on 1 August 2022.
Appropriation of $3,320,002,184
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.
1	Government borrowing
The Government borrowing for 2022-2023 shall not exceed the sum of $1,179,689,340.
SCHEDULE 1
(Section 2)

FROM THE OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT 	
Head No. 	Ministry/Department 	Amount 
$ 	
1 	Office of the President 	2,779,711 	
2 	Office of the Prime Minister 	16,881,903 	
3 	Office of the Attorney-General 	10,156,362 	
4 	Ministry of Economy 	68,098,083 	
5 	Ministry of iTaukei Affairs 	15,436,580 	
6 	Ministry of Defence, National Security and Policing 	14,938,721 	
7 	Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations 	10,015,624 	
8 	Ministry of Foreign Affairs 	29,951,068 	
9 	Independent Bodies 	84,953,282 	
13 	Independent Commissions 	35,332,261 	
14 	Fiji Corrections Service 	41,229,779 	
15 	Ministry of Justice 	7,640,771 	
16 	Ministry of Communications 	53,783,601 	
17 	Ministry of Civil Service 	2,693,467 	
18 	Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management 	15,023,299 	
19 	Republic of Fiji Military Forces 	94,055,595 	
20 	Fiji Police Force 	182,645,288 	
21 	Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts 	489,931,490 	
22 	Ministry of Health and Medical Services 	395,118,847 	
23 	Ministry of Housing and Community Development 	30,336,636 	
24 	Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation 	147,684,432 	
25 	Ministry of Youth and Sports 	13,836,603	
26 	Higher Education Institutions 	48,933,841 	
30 	Ministry of Agriculture 	64,136,947 	
31 	Ministry of Fisheries 	16,026,450 	
32 	Ministry of Forestry 	17,692,415 	
33 	Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources 	25,867,130 	
34 	Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport 	97,194,357 	
35 	Ministry of Sugar Industry 	45,304,710 	
37 	Ministry of Local Government 	20,614,766 	
40 	Ministry of Infrastructure and Meteorological Services 	37,165,473 	
41 	Water Authority of Fiji 	204,317,091 	
42 	Ministry of Waterways and Environment 	19,497,672 	
43 	Fiji Roads Authority 	376,744,845 	
49 	Peacekeeping Missions 	50,844,801 	
50 	Miscellaneous Services 	427,392,973 	
TOTAL 	3,214,256,874 	
*Figures in Schedule 1 are rounded off to the nearest dollar
SCHEDULE 2
(Section 2)
FROM THE LENDING FUND ACCOUNT	
 		Amount 
$	
	Recurrent Loans		
1	FRCS PSC Scholarship Recovery	(24,000)	
2	Housing Authority	(2,949,170)	
3	Public Rental Board	(790,320)	
FROM THE LENDING FUND ACCOUNT	
 		Amount 
$	
4	South Pacific Fertilizers Limited	(486,000)	
5	iTaukei Affairs Board	(240,000)	
6	Fiji Sports Council	(247,300)	
	Total Recurrent Loans	(4,736,790)	
			
	Non-Recurrent Loan 		
1	Tertiary Education Loan Scheme	110,482,100	
	Total Non - Recurrent Loan	110,482,100	
	TOTAL	105,745,310	
*Figures in Schedule 2 are rounded off to the nearest dollar

Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 28th day of July 2022.