Commencement: 1 July 2007

LAWS OF TONGA

APPROPRIATION ACT 2007/2008

Act No. 1 of 2007

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEYS TO THE SERVICES OF THE GOVERNMENT

I assent,
GEORGE TUPOU V,
29th June, 2007

Commencement [1st July 2007]

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

1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2007/2008 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st July 2007. 

2. There shall be issued from public money and applied to the service of the year ending the thirtieth of June, Two Thousand and Eight, any sum or sums not exceeding the sum of two hundred and thirty five million, six hundred and eight thousand seven hundred and thirty 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 the 30th June 2008. 

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 27th day of June 2007. 

SCHEDULE

Vote 	Ministry 	Amount 	
01 	Palace Office 	$3,408,356 	
02 	Legislative Assembly 	$4,033,082 	
03 	Prime Minister's Office 	$6,261,926 	
04 	Commissioner of Public Relations 	$183,745 	
05 	Audit Department 	$736,097 	
06 	Ministry of Finance & National Planning 	$56,732,177 	
07 	Ministry of Foreign Affairs 	$21,821,732 	
08 	Tonga Defence Services 	$7,684,868 	
09 	Ministry of Lands, Survey, Natural Resources & Environment 	$4,640,761 	
10 	Ministry of Justice 	$1,874,763 	
11 	Ministry of Police, Fire Services & Prisons 	$10,148,601 	
12 	Ministry of Education, Women's Affairs & Culture 	$37,381,250 	
13 	Ministry of Health 	$23,988,086 	
14 	Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forests & Fisheries 	$6,760,328 	
15 	Ministry of Labour, Commerce & Industries 	$2,519,914 	
16 	Ministry of Tourism 	$3,440,301 	
17 	Ministry of Works 	$12,434,244 	
18 	Ministry of Transport 	$2,438,390 	
19 	Ministry of Training, Employment, Youth & Sports 	$3,862,553 	
20 	Crown Law Department 	$1,388,038 	
21 	Ministry of Public Enterprises 	$577,888 	
22 	Revenue Services Department 	$23,291,640 	
	Total Expenditure 	$235,608,740