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

1. Definitions

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In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise, any meaning ascribed to a word or expression in section 1 of the Public Finance Management Act must bear the meaning so ascribed, and—

 

"conditional grants"

means conditional allocations to provinces, local government or municipalities from the national government's share of revenue raised nationally, which are provided for and whose purpose is specified in the annual Division of Revenue Act referred to in section 214(1)(c) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

 

"current payments"

means any payment made by a department classified as or deemed to be a current payment in terms of the Guidelines for Implementing the Economic Reporting Format (September 2009), issued by the National Treasury under section 76 of the Public Finance Management Act;

 

"payments for capital assets"

means any payment made by a department classified as or deemed to be a payment for capital assets in terms of the Guidelines for Implementing the Economic Reporting Format (September 2009) and the Asset Management Framework (April 2004, Version 3.3), issued by the National Treasury under section 76 of the Public Finance Management Act;

 

"payments for financial assets"

means any payment made by a department classified as or deemed to be a payment for financial assets in terms of the Guidelines for Implementing the Economic Reporting Format (September 2009), issued by the National Treasury under section 76 of the Public Finance Management Act;

 

"Public Finance Management Act"

means the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999);

 

"transfers and subsidies"

means any payment made by a department classified as or deemed to be a transfer or subsidy payment in terms of the Guidelines for Implementing the Economic Reporting Format (September 2009), issued by the National Treasury under section 76 of the Public Finance Management Act.