TONGA 
PUBLIC SERVICE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2018

Act 13 of 2018
Arrangement of Sections 
Section 
1 Short title and Interpretation 
2 Section 8 amended 
3 Section 13F amended 
 
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PUBLIC SERVICE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2018 
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT TO ALIGN THE REPORTING OBLIGATIONS OF MINISTRIES WITH THE FINANCIAL YEAR 
I assent, 
TUPOU VI,  
21st February 2019. 

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows: 
1 Short title and Interpretation 
(1) This Act may be cited as the Public Service (Amendment) Act 2018. 
(2) In this Act, the Public Service Act 2002, as amended, shall be referred to as the “Principal Act”. 
2 Section 8 amended 
Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by – 
	(a) deleting the word “May” and replacing it with the word “September”; and 
	(b) inserting after the word “Commission” the words “, during the previous financial year,”. 
3 Section 13F amended 
Section 13F of the Principal Act is amended – 
	(a) in subsection (1) by - 
	(i) inserting after the word “Ministry” the words “,during the previous financial year,”; and 
	(ii) deleting the word “May” and replacing it with the word “September”; and 
	(b) in subsection (3) by – 
	(i) re-numbering paragraphs “(e)” and “(f)”, as paragraphs “(f)” and “(g)” respectively; and 
	(ii) inserting the following new paragraph (e) immediately after paragraph (d) – 
	“(e) the annual financial statements of receipts and payments, and statements of assets and liabilities, of the Ministry;”.  
 Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 26th day of September 2018.