Bill 2 2021 - APPROPRIATION BILL

[27th January 2021] Supplement to Official Gazette i APPROPRIATION BILL, 2021 (Bill No. 2 of 2021) OBJECTS AND REASONS This Bill seeks to provide for the payment of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund which is required by the Budget for the year 2021. Dated this 27th day of January, 2021. FRANK D.R. ALLY ATTORNEY-GENERAL ——————— [27th January 2021] Supplement to Official Gazette iii APPROPRIATION BILL, 2021 (Bill No. 2 of 2021) A BILL FOR AN ACT to provide for the service of the Republic of Seychelles for the year ending December 31st, 2021. ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly. Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 2021. iv Supplement to Official Gazette [27th January 2021] Authorisation of expenditure 2. The Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade, may by warrant under the hand of the Minister authorise the issue from the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Republic for the year 2021, of a sum not exceeding eleven billion and thirteen million, six hundred and forty eight thousand two hundred and ninety six rupees (R11,013,648,296) which sum shall be appropriated in accordance with the schedule for the purpose specified therein. SCHEDULE Allocation of Authorised Expenditure R'000 Office of the President 65,220 Department of Legal Affairs 166,045 Department of Defence 694,784 Department of Public Administration 16,498 Department of Information Technology and Communications 63,155 Department of The Blue Economy 144,627 Department of Information 838 The Judiciary 80,893 The Legislature 37,464 Office of the Auditor General 18,414 Office of the Ombudsman 2,766 Office of the Public Service Appeals Board 1,126 Constitutional Appointments Authority 1,719 Electoral Commission 12,030 Department of Fisheries 10,000 Department of Culture 57,083 Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Trade 265,117 [27th January 2021] Supplement to Official Gazette v Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism 148,275 Ministry of Internal Affairs 689,243 Ministry of Education 1,043,293 Ministry of Lands and Housing 323,342 Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs 124,738 Ministry of Health 49,677 Ministry of Transport 13,150 Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs 70,398 Ministry of Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment 127,904 Ministry of Youth and Sports and Family 21,030 Ministry of Investment, Entrepreneurship and Industry 8,224 Office of the Mayor of Victoria 6,337 Institute of Early Childhood Development 8,868 Seychelles Licensing Authority 16,309 Fair Trading Commission 14,055 National Bureau of Statistics 24,363 Seychelles Revenue Commission 139,692 National Tender Board 3,599 Tax & Customs Agent Board Rev Tribunal 1,375 Seychelles Investment Board 7,559 Public Enterprise Monitoring Commission 8,170 Government Audit Committee 810 Financial Intelligence Unit 19,199 Seychelles Bureau of Standards 23,154 Seychelles Qualifications Authority 7,974 Tertiary Education Commission 2,942 Seychelles Planning Authority 16,559 vi Supplement to Official Gazette [27th January 2021] Seychelles Energy Commission 107,318 Public Officers' Ethics Commission 2,655 Seychelles Human Rights Commission 7,743 Seychelles Media Commission 2,453 Public Health Authority 60,702 Industrial Estate Authority 47,486 Seychelles Nurses and Midwives Council 1,396 Health Professional Council 1,160 Seychelles Medical and Dental Council 788 Anti-Corruption Commission 15,740 Road Transport Commission 12,407 Seychelles Maritime Safety Administration 11,241 Seychelles Meteorological Authority 14,787 Seychelles Intelligence Service 12,759 Information Commission 2,469 Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission 12,178 Office of the Commissioner of Public Persons 324 Seychelles Tourism Board 142,059 National Institute of Technology, Science & Innovation 4,626 Seychelles Fire and Rescue Services Agency 100,249 Seychelles Land Transport Agency 150,166 Seychelles Agricultural Agency 68,238 Enterprise Seychelles Agency 8,703 Agency for Social Protection 39,141 Agency for National Human Resources Development 315,465 Landscape and Waste Management Agency 242,236 Seychelles National Youth Council 20,561 [27th January 2021] Supplement to Official Gazette vii Health Care Agency 1,301,931 National Aids Council 3,704 National Council For Children 13,677 National Council for the Elderly 13,170 National Council for the Disabled 2,709 National Sports Council 67,061 Social Workers Council 452 National Arts Council 8,974 National Botanical Gardens Foundation 11,843 Creative Industry and National Events Agency 21,590 Creole Institute of Seychelles 5,943 Seychelles Heritage Foundation 6,374 Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation 131,968 National Biosecurity Agency 28,628 Agency for Prevention of Drug Abuse and Rehabilitation 78,362 Other Wages and Salaries 233,615 Other Goods and Services 150,174 Social Programs of Central Government 485,868 Subvention to Public Enterprises 220,788 Benefits and Approved Programs of Agency for Social Protection 1,425,540 Others 34,936 Net Lending 552,431 Development Grants to Public Enterprises 180,841 Contingency 50,000 Tax Exemption 20,000 —————— GRAND TOTAL 11,013,648.296 ===========