2012/2013 APPROPRIATION ACT 2012

Act No. 6 of 2012

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEYS TO THE SERVICE OF GOVERNMENT

I assent, 

GEORGE TUPOU VI, 
5th July 2012. 

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

1 This Act may be cited as the 2012/2013 Appropriation Act 2012 and shall be deemed to come into effect on 1 July 2012. 

2 There shall be issued from public money and applied to the service of the year ending the thirtieth of June, Two Thousand and Thirteen, any sum or sums not exceeding the sum of two hundred and twenty five million, nine hundred and ninety seven thousand, eight hundred and eighty six 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 expand cash or incur expenses or liabilities under this Act will lapse on 30 June 2013. 

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 25th day of June 2012. 

SCHEDULE

Vote 	Ministry 	 	Amount 
 	
01 	Palace Office 	$ 	5,393,477 	
02 	Legislative Assembly 	$ 	4,249,600 	
03 	Audit Office 	$ 	1,196,629 	
04 	Commissioner of Public Relations 	$ 	165,520 	
05 	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 	$ 	7,984,465 	
06 	Tonga Defence Services 	$ 	8,639,000 	
07 	Prime Minister's Office 	$ 	2,583,876 	
08 	Ministry of Finance and National Planning 	$ 	56,602,747 	
09 	Ministry of Revenue Services 	$ 	4,160,300 	
10 	Ministry of Public Enterprises 	$ 	4,170,000 	
11 	Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Labour 	$ 	12,456,444 	
12 	Ministry of Justice 	$ 	3,139,472 	
13 	Attorney General's Office 	$ 	1,405,000 	
14 	Ministry of Police, Prisons and Fire Services 	$ 	14,348,001 	
15 	Ministry of Health 	$ 	27,869,885 	
16 	Ministry of Education and Training 	$ 	46,699,654 	
17 	Ministry of Internal Affairs 	$ 	4,991,717 	
18 	Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forests and Fisheries 	$ 	8,095,015 	
19 	Ministry of Infrastructure 	$ 	6,269,420 	
20 	Ministry of Lands, Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources 	$ 	4,382,327 	
21 	Public Service Commission 	$ 	1,195,337 	
 	 
Total Expenditure 	 
$ 	__________ 
225,997,886