Appropriation (Recurrent Expenditure 2012) Act 2011

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1. Grant of K8,496,544,100.
2. Appropriation.
3. Adjustment of appropriation through the Secretary's advance for new activities and between activities.
4. Adjustment of appropriation between activities.
5. Delegation of powers.
6. Reallocation of amounts from Division 299-Debt.
7. Transfer of activities between agencies.
8. Directions to be published in National Gazette.
9. Direction to be available to Auditor-General.

Being an Act to appropriate out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the General Public Service for recurrent expenditure for the year ending 31 December 2012,

Subject to authorisation from the Minister for Treasury, the Secretary for Treasury may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the activities of the General Public Service for the year ending 31 December 2012 the sum of K8,496,544,100.

(1) Sums granted by this Act out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the financial year ending 31 December 2012 are appropriated for the activities of the agencies listed in the Schedule of this Act in the financial year ending 31 December 2012.

(2) For the purposes of identifying the activities of agencies referred to in this Act, Parts 1 and 2 of Volume 2 of the 2012 Budget Books may be considered relevant documents.

3. ADJUSTMENT OF APPROPRIATION THROUGH THE SECRETARY'S ADVANCE FOR NEW ACTIVITIES AND BETWEEN ACTIVITIES.

(1) The Secretary for Treasury may direct the reallocation of any unexpended appropriation for an activity through the Secretary's Advance.

(2) Reallocation of Appropriation may only occur where the following conditions are met:

(a) there is insufficient or no appropriation to meet expenditure for an activity; and

(b) the reallocation of appropriation is supported by the Agency Head(s) responsible for implementing the activity; and

(d) the reallocation of appropriation was unforeseen at the time of making this Act; and

(e) The reallocation of appropriation is necessary for the delivery of essential services to the People of Papua New Guinea; and

(f) the total appropriation reallocated does not exceed the aggregate of the net appropriation for the Secretary's Advance and appropriations transferred from other activities.

(3) Unexpended appropriations for activities may be reallocated to any Government activity, including Development projects or activities of the National Parliament or Judiciary.

(4) Amounts appropriated to "Division 299 - Debt Servicing" cannot be transferred under this section.

(1) The Secretary for Treasury may direct the reallocation of any unexpended appropriation for an activity under this Act to appropriations for other activities under this Act.

(2) Reallocation of Appropriation may only occur where the following conditions are met:

(a) there is insufficient or no appropriation to meet expenditure for an activity; and

(b) the reallocation of appropriation is supported by the Agency Head(s) responsible for implementing the activity; and

(c) the reallocation of appropriation is urgent and the reallocation of appropriation is unavoidable; and

(d) the reallocation of appropriation was unforeseen at the time of making this Act; and

(e) the reallocation of appropriation is necessary for the delivery of essential services to the people of Papua New Guinea.

(3) Subject to the exceptions outlined in this section, the total amount of reallocated appropriation authorised under this section shall not exceed a sum of K849,654,410 or ten percent of the total appropriation made under this Act -

(a) an amount appropriated for an activity under Division 207 that is to be transferred either to a trust account or to the agency responsible for conducting the activity for which the amount is appropriated will not count towards the limit identified in this section; and

(b) an amount transferred between agencies under Section 6 will not count towards the limit identified in this section.

(4) Amounts appropriated to "Division 299 - Debt Servicing" cannot be transferred under this section.

The Secretary for Treasury may, by written instrument, delegate the powers provided under Sections 3 and 4 of this Act to be exercised by the permanently appointed public servant in the Department of Treasury holding the position of First Assistant Secretary (Budgets).

The Secretary for Treasury may direct the reallocation of any unexpended appropriation for interest, fees or charges held under Division 299 for activities identified in Division 207 -

(a) reallocation of appropriation may only occur after the following conditions are met:

(i) reallocation of appropriation may only occur to the extent that projections of interest, fees or charges for the 2012 year published in the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outturn Report are lower than the projections of interest, fees or charges for the 2012 year published in Volume 1 of the 2012 Budget Books; and

(iii) the Secretary for Treasury publishes a notice in the National Gazette identifying the amount reallocated from Division 299, the circumstances justifying the reallocation and the remaining balance of the Division and the notice must be published before any reallocation occurs; and

(b) the total amount of reallocation of appropriations for interest, fees or charges shall not exceed K46,134,994 or 10 percent of the total appropriation for these items; and

(c) the Secretary for Treasury shall not delegate the authority to reallocate unexpended appropriations held under Division 299.

Where an activity is transferred from one agency to another, the authority conferred by Section 3 and 4 extends to the reallocation or transfer of the remaining appropriation for that activity to the agency now responsible for the activity.

(1) The Secretary for Treasury shall publish a report of all transfers made under this Act in the National Gazette.

(2) The report shall identify the amounts transferred by vote, recipient and the circumstances justifying the transfer.

(3) This report shall be published four times a year at the end of each quarter.

A copy of each direction under Sections 3, 4 or 5 shall be made available to the Auditor-General as soon as practicable after the end of the financial year ending 31 December 2012.

202	Office of Governor-General	4,728,600
203	Prime Minister & NEC	70,051,400
204	National Statistical Office	5,807,900
205	Office of Bougainville Affairs	2,448,200
206	Finance	24,165,500
207	Treasury & Finance Miscellaneous	1,271,548,200
208	Treasury	16,210,400
209	Registrar For Political Parties	6,772,600
211	PNG Customs Service	32,556,800
212	Information Technology Division	19,094,300
213	Fire Services	19,893,800
215	PNG Immigration and Cit. Services	8,665,500
216	Internal Revenue Commission	44,275,000
217	Foreign Affairs	59,981,000
218	Office of the Public Prosecutor	6,151,300
219	PNG Institute of Public Administration	6,579,800
220	Department of Personnel Management	16,267,500
221	Public Service Commission	4,766,300
222	Office of Public Solicitor	9,883,200
224	Magisterial Services	34,840,000
225	Department of Attorney-General	40,271,300
226	Corrective Institutional Services	97,339,800
227	Provincial Treasuries	36,495,200
228	Department of Police	248,433,000
229	Department of National Planning and Monitoring	16,161,600
230	Electoral Commission	26,200,000
231	National Intelligence Organisation	3,925,000
232	Department of Provincial and Local Government Affairs	14,633,800
234	Department of Defence	161,826,500
235	Department of Education	482,237,600
236	Higher Education Commission	41,182,700
237	Office of UNESCO	2,013,400
240	Department of Health	272,147,600
241	Hospital Management Services	360,811,100
242	Department of Community Development	14,555,200
243	National Volunteer Service	1,307,300
245	Department of Environment and Conservation	10,806,600
247	Department of Agriculture and Livestock	14,587,300
252	Department of Lands and Physical Planning	36,206,700
254	Mineral Policy and Geohazard Management	7,959,500
255	Petroleum and Energy	24,551,500
257	Department of Public Enterprises	3,643,600
258	Department of Information and Communication	3,949,200
259	Department of Transport	21,855,800
261	Department of Commerce and Industry	12,674,100
262	Department of Industrial Relations	11,933,700
263	National Tripartite Consultative Council	897,100
264	Department of Works and Implementation	165,069,000
267	Office of Rural Development	6,535,200
268	Central Supply and Tenders Board	2,994,200
269	Office of Tourism Arts and Culture	1,940,000
299	Debt Servicing (with Amortisation)	3,021,611,600
502	Office of the Auditor-General	17,818,600
503	Ombudsman Commission	17,518,100
505	National Research Institute	4,860,500
506	National Training Council	2,678,400
507	National Economic and Fiscal Commission	2,996,300
509	Border Development Authority	4,368,000
510	Legal Training Institute	2,365,500
511	Office of Climate Change and Development	7,691,800
512	University of Papua New Guinea	40,711,000
513	University of Technology	41,801,700
514	University of Goroka	16,507,000
515	University of Natural Resources and Environment	14,245,800
516	PNG Sports Foundation	9,815,000
517	National Narcotics Bureau	4,270,000
518	PNG Maritime	3,179,000
519	AIDS Council	7,890,000
520	Institute of Medical Research	7,246,000
521	National Youth Commission	4,228,600
522	Constitutional and Law Reform Commission	2,869,400
523	Accident Investigation Commission	3,268,300
525	National Broadcasting Commission	27,600,100
526	National Maritime Safety Authority	1,703,500
530	Investment Promotion Authority	2,778,000
531	Small Business Development Corporation	2,675,000
532	National Institute of Standards & Industrial Technology	3,180,000
533	Industrial Centres Development Corporation	2,239,000
536	Kokonas Industry Koporesen	1,040,000
539	National Museum and Art Gallery	9,319,800
541	National Housing Corporation	244,600
542	National Cultural Commission	4,400,200
549	Coastal Fisheries Development Authority	2,472,500
550	Cocoa Coconut Institute	6,315,000
553	Fresh Produce Development Agency	5,586,000
554	PNG Coffee Industry Corporation	2,184,000
557	PNG National Forest Authority	28,912,000
558	Tourism Promotion Authority	10,710,300
562	National Agriculture Research Institute	9,092,000
563	National Agriculture Quarantine & Inspection Authority	4,158,900
565	Civil Aviation Safety Authority	10,483,200
569	Independent Consumer and Competition Commission	9,303,800
571	Western Provincial Government	44,869,200
572	Gulf Provincial Government	37,240,500
573	Central Provincial Government	63,907,900
574	National Capital District Commission	3,913,400
575	Milne Bay Provincial Government	66,229,000
576	Oro Provincial Government	39,693,200
577	Southern Highlands Province	92,480,500
578	Enga Provincial Government	58,749,700
579	Western Highlands Provincial Government	94,594,600
580	Simbu Provincial Government	75,597,300
581	Eastern Highlands Provincial Government	88,047,300
582	Morobe Provincial Government	99,829,200
583	Madang Provincial Government	83,143,300
584	East Sepik Provincial Government	92,874,100
585	Sandaun Provincial Government	68,281,600
586	Manus Provincial Government	36,243,900
587	New Ireland Provincial Government	40,373,400
588	East New Britain Provincial Government	79,496,700
589	West New Britain Provincial Government	60,413,400
590	Autonomous Bougainville Government	78,395,700

	Grand Total	8,496,544,100

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Appropriation (Recurrent Expenditure 2012) Act 2011 which has been made by the National Parliament.

I hereby certify that the Appropriation (Recurrent Expenditure 2012) Act 2011 was made by the National Parliament on 21 December 2011.

Papua New Guinea Sessional Legislation

Appropriation (Recurrent Expenditure 2012) Act 2011