KINGDOM OF TONGA

2018/2019 APPROPRIATION ACT 2018 
Act 8 of 2018
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEYS TO THE SERVICE OF GOVERNMENT
I assent,
TUPOU VI,
29th June 2018.

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows: 
1 This Act maybe cited as the 2018/2019 Appropriation Act 2018 and shall be deemed to come into effect on 1 July 2018. 
2 There shall be issued from public money and applied to the service of the year ending the thirtieth of June, Two Thousand and Eighteen, any sum or sums not exceeding the sum of Four hundred and Seventy Six million, Seven hundred and Sixty Six thousand, Six hundred 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 2019. 

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 20th day of June 2018. 
SCHEDULE

Vote 	Ministry  	 	Amount  	
01 	Palace Office  	$ 	4,794,900 	
02 	Legislative Assembly  	$ 	10,751,700 	
03 	Tonga Office of the Auditor General 	$ 	1,932,100 	
04 	Office of the Ombudsman 	$ 	1,752,400 	
05 	Ministry of Foreign Affairs  	$ 	10,562,300 	
06 	His Majesty’s Armed Forces  	$ 	9,814,200 	
07 	Prime Minister’s Office  	$ 	3,694,800 	
08 	Ministry of Finance and National Planning  	$ 	158,885,900 	
09 	Ministry of Revenue and Customs  	$ 	10,067,500 	
10 	Ministry of Public Enterprises  	$ 	1,565,300 	
11 	Ministry of Commerce, Consumer, Trade, Innovation and Labour  	$ 	7,768,400 	
12 	Ministry of Justice and Prisons  	$ 	13,070,300 	
13 	Attorney General’s Office  	$ 	3,447,100 	
14 	Ministry of Police and Fire Services  	$ 	15,300,700 	
15 	Ministry of Health  	$ 	46,051,000 	
16 	Ministry of Education and Training  	$ 	60,980,400 	
17 	Ministry of Internal Affairs  	$ 	13,735,500 	
18 	Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry 	$ 	11,873,900 	
19 	Ministry of Infrastructure  	$ 	44,428,900 	
20 	Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources  	$ 	5,419,100 	
21 	Public Service Commission  	$ 	2,092,800 	
22 	Statistics Department  	$ 	3,437,400 	
23 	Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Communications and Climate Change  	$ 	22,352,500 	
24 	Ministry of Fisheries  	$ 	8,029,000 	
25 	Ministry of Tourism  	$ 	4,958,500 	
 	Total Expenditure  	$ 	476,766,600