| (1) |
Appropriations by Parliament of money from the National Revenue Fund for the requirements of the State in the 2018/19 financial year to votes and the main divisions within a vote, and for the purposes that are specified, are set out in Schedule 1 to this Act. |
| (2) |
The spending of appropriations envisaged in subsection (1) is subject to this Act, the Public Finance Management Act and the Division of Revenue Act for the 2018/19 financial year. |
| (3) |
The spending of funds withdrawn from the National Revenue Fund before this Act takes effect, as envisaged in section 29(1) of the Public Finance Management Act, is subject to section 7 of the Appropriation Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017). |
| (a) |
For a national department within a vote each segment of its transfer and subsidy in Schedule 1 to this Act is set out in Schedule 2 to this Act. |
| (b) |
Each segment set out in Schedule 2 to this Act and referred to in paragraph (a) is regarded as a main division of a vote for purposes of this Act and the Public Finance Management Act. |
| (5) |
An amount set out in Schedule 2 to this Act must be spent according to the purpose specified in that Schedule. |
| (6) |
If a national department referred to in subsection (4)— |
| (a) |
overspends the total amount of the transfer and subsidy it receives or the total amount for a segment regarded as a main division; or |
| (b) |
spends an amount not in accordance with its purpose, |
it constitutes unauthorised expenditure in terms of the Public Finance Management Act.
| (7) |
The head of the department that receives the transfer and subsidy is accountable for any unauthorised expenditure referred to in subsection (6). |
Statistics Act, 1999
