FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 

BILL NO. 18 OF 2004          

A BILL FOR AN ACT TO REGULATE THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE AND FOR RELATED MATTERS

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Fiji Islands -

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

1.       Short title and commencement

2.       Interpretation

3.       Act binds Government

4.       Extraterritorial operation

PART 2 – FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GENERALLY

5.       Principles of responsible financial management

6.       General responsibility of the Minister for financial management

7.       General responsibility of responsible authorities for financial management

8.       Responsibility for powers, functions and duties of state entities under this Act

PART 3 – THE CONSOLIDATED FUND AND OTHER FUNDS

9.       Consolidated Fund

10.   Money payable into Consolidated Fund

11.   Withdrawal of money from Consolidated Fund and certain other funds

PART 4 – RESOURCE ALLOCATION

Division 1 – Budget process

12.   Strategic Policy Statement

13.   Annual budget

Division 2 – Control of expenditure of public money

14.   Appropriated Money

15.   Requisition to Incur Expenditure

16.   Virement of appropriation for budget sector agencies other than parliamentary bodies

17.   Virement of appropriation for parliamentary bodies

18.   Lapsing of appropriation

19.   Carry-over of appropriation

20.   Revenue retention

21.   Reallocation of appropriations on assignment of government business

22.   Redeployment of appropriation

23.   Authorisation pending enactment of Annual Appropriation Act

24.   Expenditure for emergencies

Division 3 – Other matters

25.   Trust money

26.   Accrual accounting

27.   Alteration of arrangements

PART 5 – BUDGET SECTOR AGENCIES

Division 1 – Responsibilities of chief executive officers and other responsible authorities

28.   Responsibilities

29.   Power to incur expenditure

 

Division 2 – Finance Instructions

30.   Finance Instructions

31.   Application of and compliance with Finance Instructions

32.   Contents of Finance Instructions

Division 3 – Annual corporate plans

33.   Annual corporate plans

Division 4 – Write-off and other matters

34.   Write-off, refunds and ex gratia payments

35.   Duties of budget sector agencies regarding losses

36.   Delegation of authority to write off losses

PART 6 – OFF-BUDGET STATE ENTITIES

Division 1 – Responsibilities of boards and other responsible authorities

37.   Responsibilities

Division 2 – Regulations

38.   Regulations applying to off-budget state entities

39.   Compliance with regulations

40.   Contents of regulations

41.   This Division not to apply to certain state entities

PART 7 – ACCOUNTABILITY

Division 1 – Whole of government

42.   Interpretation

43.   Quarterly appropriation statements

44.   Mid-year fiscal statement

45.   Annual reports

46.   Whole of government financial statements

47.   Annual appropriation statement

48.   Annual budget statement

Division 2 – Budget sector agencies

49.   Annual reports

50.   Annual financial statements

Division 3 – Off-budget state entities

51.   Annual reports

52.   Annual financial statements

53.   This Division not to apply to certain state entities

PART 8 – BANKING AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS

54.   Banking arrangements

55.   Investments

56.   Overdrafts

57.   Collective arrangements

58.   Alteration or termination of arrangements

PART 9 - GOVERNMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS

59.   Borrowing

60.   Hedging transactions and arrangements

61.   Lending

62.   Guarantees

63.   Reserve Bank of Fiji

64.   Exclusive authority to enter into transactions or arrangements

PART 10 – MISCELLANEOUS

Division 1 – Unclaimed money

65.   Unclaimed money

66.   Payment of previously unclaimed money

Division 2 – Surcharges

67.   Interpretation

68.   Imposition of surcharge

69.   Appeal against surcharge

70.   Withdrawal or Variation of surcharge

71.   Recovery of surcharge

Division 3 – Delegation

72.   Delegation by the Minister

73.   Delegation by responsible authorities

74.   Sub-delegation

75.   Conditions of delegation or sub-delegation

76.   Operation of Interpretation Act

77.   Operation of this Division

Division 4 – Other provisions

78.   Relationship of this Act to other written laws

79.   Appropriation of certain money

80.   Departments and associated entities

81.   Regulations

Division 5 – Repeals, amendments, and transitional and savings provisions

82.   Repeals

83.   Amendments

84.   Transitional and savings provisions