TONGA

2004/2005 Appropriate Act 2004
No. 1 of 2004

I assent,
TAUFA’AHAU TUPOU IV,

1st July, 2004

AN ACT
TO APPROPRIATE MONEYS TO THE
SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT

[28th June, 2004]

BE IT ENACTED by the King of Tonga and the Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as the 2004/2005 Appropriate Act 2004 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st July, 2004.

2. There shall be issued from public money and applied to the service of the year ending the thirtieth of June, Two Thousand and Five, any sum or sums not exceeding the sum of one hundred and thirty nine million, six hundred and fifty eight thousand, and nine pa’anga for defraying the charge of the Government of Tonga for such period.

3. Money appropriated under this Act may be expended only in relation to the purposes set out in this Act.

4. The Minister of Finance shall issue and make funds available according to this Act and in accordance to the cash flow forecasts agreed between the head of the entity responsible for the Vote and the Minister of Finance.

5. The authority to expend cash or incur expenses or liabilities under this Act will lapse on the 30th June, 2005.

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 28th day of June, 2004.

SCHEDULE

Vote	Ministry		Amount	
01	Palace Office		1,635616	
02	Legislative Assembly		2,030,471	
03	Prime Minister’s Office		3,338,249	
04	Ministry of Foreign Affairs		5,169,085	
05	Governor of Ha’apai		214,082	
06	Governor of Vava’u		285,133	
07	Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources		2,309,645	
08	Printing Department		581,777	
09	Commissioner of Public Relations		118,991	
10	Ministry of Justice		2,029,659	
11	Ministry of Police		4,529,929	
12	Crown Law Department		978,860	
13	Tonga Defence Services		3,927,912	
14	Ministry of Finance		46,862,143	
15	Revenue Department		2,703,187	
16	Statistics Department		462,770	
17	Public Service Commission		563,444	
18	Audit Department		465,201	
19	Ministry of Education		18,092,165	
20	Ministry of Health		19,430,882	
22	Prisons Department		859,791	
23	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food		6,905,147	
24	Ministry of Fisheries		1,731,048	
25	Central Planning Department		1,077,472	
26	Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries		1,691,479	
27	Tonga Visitor’s Bureau		1,180,692	
28	Ministry of Works		6,286,412	
29	Environment Department		1,088,118	
30	Ministry of Civil Aviation		2,494,201	
31	Ministry of Marine and Ports		614,448	
		Total Expenditure	
$139,658,009	

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