WHEREAS section 213(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, provides that money may be withdrawn from the National Revenue Fund only in terms of an appropriation by an Act of Parliament or as a direct charge against that Fund, when it is provided for in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, or an Act of Parliament;

WHEREAS section 12(1) and (2) of the Money Bills and Related Matters Act, 2009 (Act No. 9 of 2009), provides for the tabling of a national adjustments budget, as envisaged in section 30 of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999), with an adjustments appropriation Bill;

AND WHEREAS the Appropriation Act, 2023 (Act No. 8 of 2023), provides for the appropriation of money from the National Revenue Fund to provide for the requirements of the State in respect of the 2023/24 financial year, whereas the Adjustments Appropriation Act, 2023 (Act No. 21 of 2023), effected adjustments to the appropriation of money provided for in the Appropriation Act, 2023, and whereas further adjustments are required,

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—