LAWS OF TONGA

2013/2014 APPROPRIATION ACT 2013
Act No. 13 of 2013

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEYS TO THE SERVICE OF GOVERNMENT 

I assent, 
TUPOU VI, 

28th June 2013. 

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 2013/2014 Appropriation Act 2013 and shall come into effect on 1 July 2013. 

2 There shall be issued from public money and applied to the service of the year ending the thirtieth of June, Two Thousand and Fourteen, any sum or sums not exceeding the sum of two hundred and forty nine million, one hundred and twenty eight thousand, ninety seven 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 30 June 2014. 

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 27th day of June 2013. 

SCHEDULE

Vote 	Ministry 	Amount	
01 	Palace Office 	$ 	4,743,544 	
02 	Legislative Assembly 	$ 	4,904,108 	
03 	Audit Office 	$ 	1,205,442 	
04 	Commissioner of Public Relations 	$ 	185,518 	
05 	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 	$ 	7,970,161 	
06 	Tonga Defence Services 	$ 	8,739,000 	
07 	Prime Minister's Office 	$ 	2,420,459 	
08 	Ministry of Finance and National Planning 	$ 	65,303,455 	
09 	Ministry of Revenue Services 	$ 	7,251,575 	
10 	Ministry of Public Enterprises 	$ 	1,953,519 	
11 	Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Labour 	$ 	11,616,975 	
12 	Ministry of Justice 	$ 	3,987,897 	
13 	Attorney General's Office 	$ 	1,880,181 	
14 	Ministry of Police, Prisons and Fire Services 	$ 	15,671,001 	
15 	Ministry of Health 	$ 	30,283,288 	
16 	Ministry of Education and Training 	$ 	41,104,368 	
17 	Ministry of Internal Affairs 	$ 	5,202,929 	
18 	Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forests and Fisheries 	$ 	8,587,089 	
19 	Ministry of Infrastructure 	$ 	9,267,755 	
20 	Ministry of Lands, Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources 	$ 	15,188,546 	
21 	Public Service Commission 	$ 	781,837 	
22 	Bureau of Statistics 	$ 	879,451 	
Total Expenditure	$	249,128,097