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Appropriation Act, 2011 (Act No. 11 of 2011)

5. Utilisation of saving

 

(1) Notwithstanding section 43(4)(b) and (c) of the Public Finance Management Act, the National Treasury may, in order to expedite service delivery, approve the utilisation of a saving in-
(a) an amount appropriated for transfer to another organ of state or to an organisation or body outside of government, provided that the expenditure will be utilised for the same purpose as that of the main division within the vote in which it was originally appropriated;
(b) an amount appropriated for payments for capital assets, if the saving is to be utilised in the same vote for other categories of expenditure, other than for the compensation of employees.

 

(2) The approval of the utilisation of savings in terms of subsection (1) must be reported in the next quarterly expenditure report to both the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations.