Appropriation Act, 2020 (Act No. 7 of 2020)

5. Use of unspent funds
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(1) Despite section 3 of this Act and section 43(4) of the Public Finance Management Act, the Minister may, for purposes of service delivery, approve that unspent funds in an amount in the Schedule intended for—
(a) compensation of employees, be used within the same national department for transfers and subsidies for the payment of severance or exit packages;
(b) goods and services, be used within the same national department for compensation of employees;
(c) transfers and subsidies to other institutions, be used elsewhere within the same main division; or
(d) payments for capital assets, be used elsewhere in any main division within the same national department.

 

(2) The Minister may not approve the use of unspent funds in terms of subsection (1)(c) or (d) for compensation of employees.

 

(3) The sum of the unspent funds in a main division of a vote approved for use in another main division of that vote in terms of—
(a) subsection (1); and
(b) section 43(1) of the Public Finance Management Act,

may not exceed eight per cent of the amount appropriated under that main division.

 

(4) The approval of the use of unspent funds in terms of subsection (1) must be disclosed in the National Treasury’s next quarterly report to the relevant Parliamentary Committees.