Second

Session, 48th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2017

BILL 6

AN ACT FOR GRANTING TO HER MAJESTY

CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY FOR DEFRAYING

CERTAIN EXPENSES OF THE PUBLIC

SERVICE FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR

ENDING MARCH 31, 2018 AND FOR

OTHER

PURPOSES RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE

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Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

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Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE

CATHY BENNETT

Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

A BILL

AN ACT FOR GRANTING TO HER MAJESTY CERTAIN

SUMS OF MONEY FOR DEFRAYING CERTAIN EXPENSES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE

FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2018 AND

FOR OTHER PURPOSES RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE

Analysis

Short title

Further supply 2017-2018

Effect of authorization

Transfer of funds

Use of contingency reserve

Schedule

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY-

WHEREAS

it appears that the sums mentioned are required to defray certain expenses of

the Public Service of Newfoundland and Labrador

for the financial year ending March 31, 2018 and for other purposes relating to

the public service:

MAY IT THEREFORE PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY THAT-

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

Short title

1. This

Act may be cited as the Supply Act, 2017.

Further supply 2017-2018

2. From

and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund there may be issued by the Minister of Finance and President of Treasury

Board sums not exceeding $4,624,059,200 in addition to

the sum of $2,703,698,200

authorized by the Interim

Supply Act, 2017 the aggregate of the sums authorized to be issued under

this Act and the Interim Supply Act, 2017

being

$7,327,757,400.

Effect of

authorization

3. The

sums authorized to be issued by this Act as set out in the

Schedule shall be

paid and applied by the several heads of expenditure in respect of the

financial year extending from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 towards defraying

the charges and expenses of the Public Service of Newfoundland and Labrador as

set out in the Schedule.

Transfer of funds

(1) Notwithstanding the Financial Administration Act , the

Treasury Board may transfer sums voted within the Department of Finance, 1.3.01

- Government Personnel Costs, to another head of expenditure during the fiscal

year ending March 31, 2018, to facilitate expenditures for compensation,

benefits and other associated adjustments.

(2) Notwithstanding

the Financial Administration Act , the

Treasury Board may transfer sums voted within Consolidated Fund Services,

2.1.02 - Ex-Gratia and other Payments, to another head of expenditure during

the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, to facilitate expenditures for special

retirement and other payments.

(3) Notwithstanding

the Financial Administration Act , the

Treasury Board may transfer sums voted within one head of expenditure to

another head of expenditure during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, to

facilitate expenditures for Financial Assistance, 2.1.05 and 2.1.06, voted

within the Department of Finance.

(4) Notwithstanding

the Financial Administration Act , the

Treasury Board may transfer sums voted within various departments of government

to other heads of expenditure during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, to

facilitate implementation of decisions associated with The Way Forward .

(5) Notwithstanding

the Financial Administration Act , the

Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, where an expenditure has not been foreseen

and not provided for by the Legislature, transfer sums voted in the Contingency

Reserve to another head of expenditure during the financial year ending March

31, 2018.

Use of

contingency reserve

(1) Expenditures shall not be charged

directly against the Contingency Reserve.

(2) Where

the Lieutenant-Governor in Council authorizes a transfer under subsection 4(5),

all relevant documents, including the amount involved and the reasons for the

transfer shall, within 3 days of the authorization,

(

a) be

tabled in the House of Assembly; or

(

b) where

the House of Assembly is not then sitting, be tabled as if they were a report

of an officer of the House of Assembly under

section 19.1 of the House of

Assembly Act.

Schedule

Head

of Expenditure

Amount

Consolidated Fund Services

$17,847,500

Executive Council

68,386,800

Finance

81,272,400

Government Purchasing

1,594,300

Public Service Commission

1,679,400

Service Newfoundland

and Labrador

26,837,900

Transportation and Works

130,019,000

Legislature

17,466,000

Advanced Education, Skills and Labour

535,430,700

Fisheries and Land Resources

70,940,500

Natural Resources

471,954,800

Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation

67,910,000

Children, Seniors

and Social Development

117,971,700

Education and Early

Childhood Development

551,986,700

Health and Community

Services

2,104,108,300

Justice and Public

Safety

176,868,200

Municipal Affairs and

Environment

125,650,400

Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation

31,134,600

Contingency Reserve

25,000,000

Total

$4,624,059,200

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