The Minister may set written conditions on certain appropriated amounts, stop their use if the conditions are not met, approve certain re-use of unspent funds, and delegate or authorise Treasury employees to exercise some of the Minister’s powers and duties.
4 No. 49949 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22 DEcEMbER 2023 Act no. 21 of 2023 Adjustments Appropriation Act, 2023 Conditions for appropriations 4. (1) The Minister may, in writing— 4 (a) (b) impose conditions on an amount in the Schedule, other than a conditional allocation, in order to promote transparency and accountability and the effective management of the appropriation; and stop the use of an amount in respect of which conditions imposed in terms of paragraph (a) are not met. (2) The stoppage of an amount in terms of subsection (1)(b) must be disclosed in the National Treasury’s next quarterly report to the relevant Parliamentary Committees. Use of unspent funds 5 10 5. (1) Despite section 3 of this Act, section 3 of the Appropriation Act, 2023, and section 43(4) of the Public Finance Management Act, the Minister may approve that unspent funds in an amount in the Schedule appropriated for— (a) transfers and subsidies to other institutions, be used elsewhere within the same main division; 15 (b) payment for capital assets, be used elsewhere within the same vote; or (c) payment for financial assets, be used elsewhere within the same main division. (2) The sum of the unspent funds in a main division of a vote approved for use in another main division of that vote in terms of— (a) (b) subsection (1); and section 43(1) of the Public Finance Management Act, may not exceed eight per cent of the amount appropriated under that main division. (3) The approval of the use of unspent funds in terms of subsection (1) must be disclosed in the National Treasury’s next quarterly report to the relevant Parliamentary Committees. (4) Despite any provision in other legislation to the contrary, the amount appropriated for the compensation of employees within a vote in the Schedule to this Act, may only be increased with the approval of the Minister. (5) (a) Section 43 of the Public Finance Management Act and the provisions of this Act apply with the necessary changes to the use of unspent funds in the amount appropriated under a main division within a vote to defray excess expenditure within the same main division for another classification as envisaged in the definition of ‘‘purpose’’ in section 1 of the Appropriation Act, 2023. (b) The sum of the unspent funds under a classification in a main division within a vote approved for use, in terms of paragraph (a), may only exceed eight per cent of the amount appropriated for the classification with the approval of the Minister. Delegations and authorisations 6. (1) The Minister may— (a) delegate to an employee of the National Treasury any power conferred on the Minister in terms of this Act, except section 7; and (b) authorise an employee of the National Treasury to perform any duty imposed on the Minister in terms of this Act. (2) A delegation or authorisation in terms of subsection (1)— (a) must be in writing; (b) is subject to any limitations or conditions that the Minister may impose; (c) may authorise the employee to sub-delegate, in writing, the delegated power or authorised duty to another suitable employee of the National Treasury; (d) does not divest the Minister of the responsibility concerning the exercise of the delegated power or the performance of the authorised duty; and (e) may be withdrawn by the Minister in writing. 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za Molao wa Diphetho tsa kabo, 2023 Act 21 ya 2023 STAATSKOERANT, 22 DESEMbER 2023 No. 49949 5 Dipehelo bakeng la dikabo 4. (1) Ka ho ngola, Letona le ka— 5 (a) beha dipehelo ho palo e ngodisitsweng Shejuleng, ntle le kabo e nang le dipehelo; e le ho phahamisa ponaletso le boikarabelo le taolo e sebetsang hantle ya kabo; le (b) ho emisa tshebediso ya palo eo dipehelo tse behilweng ho latela temana ya (a) 5 di sa fihlellwang. (2) Ho emiswa ha palo ho latela karolwana ya (1)(b) ho tshwanetse ho tsebiswe tlalehong ya kotara e latelang ya Letlotlo la Naha ho Dikomiti tsa Palamente tse amehang. 10 Tshebediso ya matlole a sa sebediswang 5. (1) Le ntle ho karolo ya 3 ya Molao ona, karolo ya 3 ya Molao wa Kabo, 2023 le karolo ya 43(4) ya Molao wa Taolo ya Tjhelete ya Setjhaba, Letona le ka dumella tshebediso ya matlole a sa sebediswang palong e Shejuleng a abuwe bakeng la— (a) phetiso le dithuso ho metheo e meng, di sebediswe dibakeng tse ding ka hara 15 karolo e ka sehloohong e tshwanang; (b) ditefello bakeng la thepa ya khaphitale, di sebediswe dibakeng tse ding ka hara voutu e tshwanang; kapa (c) ditefello bakeng la thepa ya tjhelete, di sebediswe dibakeng tse ding ka hara karolo e ka sehloohong e tshwanang. (2) Palo ya matlole a sa sebediswang karolong e ka sehloohong ya voutu a dumelletsweng ho sebediswa karolong e nngwe e ka sehloohong ya voutu eo, ho latela— (a) karolwana ya (1); le (b) karolwana ya 43(1) ya Molao wa Taolo ya Tjhelete ya Setjhaba, e ka se fete diperesente tse robedi tsa tjhelete e abuweng ka tlasa karolo eo e ka sehloohong. (3) Tumello ya tshebediso ya matlole a sa sebediswang ho latela karolwana ya (1) e tshwanetse ho phatlalatswa tlalehong ya kotara e latelang ya Letlotlo la Naha ho Dikomiti tsa Palamente tse amehang. (4) Le ka ntle ho nehelano e nngwe le e nngwe e kgahlano le molao o mong le o mong, palo e abuweng ho voutu e Shejuleng se Molaong ona bakeng la meputso ya basebetsi, e ka nyollwa feela ka tumello ya Letona. (5)(a) Karolo ya 43 ya Molao wa Taolo ya Tjhelete ya Setjhaba le dipehelo tsa Molao ona di sebetsa ka diphetoho tse hlokahalang ho tshebediso ya matlole a sa sebediswang ho palo e abuweng ka tlasa kabo e ka sehloohong e ka hare ho voutu ho lefella ditshenyehelo tse ngata tse ka hare ho kabo e ka sehloohong e tshwanang bakeng sa sehlopha se seng se hlalositsweng ho tlhaloso ya ‘‘maikemisetso’’ karolong ya 1. (b) Palo ya matlole a sa sebediswang ka tlasa sehlopha sa karolo e ka sehloohong ka hara voutu e dumelletsweng ho sebediswa, ho latela temana ya (a), e ka feta diperesente tse robedi feela tsa palo e abuweng ho hlophiswa, ka tumello ya Letona. Phano ya matla le tumello 6. (1) Letona le ka— (a) nehela mosebeletsi wa Letlotlo la Naha matla a mang le a mang a filweng Letona ho latela Molao ona, ntle le karolo ya 7; le (b) dumelle mosebeletsi wa Letlotlo la Naha ho ka phetha mosebetsi ofe kapa ofe o nehetsweng Letona ho latela Molao ona. (2) Phano ya matla kapa tumello ho latela karolwana ya (1)— 20 25 30 35 40 45 (a) e tshwanetse e be e ngotsweng; (b) e ka nna ya haella kapa ya ba le dipehelo tseo Letona le ka nehelanang ka 50 (c) tsona; a ka dumella mosebeletsi ya hlalositsweng ho ka nehelana ka phano ya matla a nehetsweng kapa mosebetsi o dumelletsweng ho mosebeletsi e mong wa Letlotlo la Naha, ka ho mongolla; (d) ha e amohe Letona maikarabello mabapi le tshebediso ya matla a nehetsweng 55 kapa ho phethahatsa mosebetsi o dumelletsweng; mme a ka nkuwa ke Letona ka ho mongolla (e) This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za
