Post Office Appropriation Act 30 of 1996

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30 of 1996

Post Office Appropriation Act, 1996 (No. 30 of 1996)

Act

  • to appropriate a sum of money for the requirements of the Department of Posts and Telecommunications in respect of the financial year ending 31 March 1997.

(Afrikaans text signed by the President.)
(Assented to 30 May 1996.)

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

Appropriation of money for requirements of Department

1. Subject to the provisions of the Post Office Act, 1958 (Act No. 44 of 1958), there are hereby appropriated, as a charge to the Post Office Fund, for the requirements of the  Department of Posts and Telecommunications in respect of the financial year ending 31 March 1997, the sums of money set forth in the Schedule.

Purposes to which money shall be applied

2. The money appropriated by section 1 shall be applied to the purposes set forth in the Schedule and more particularly specified in the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure if the Department of  Posts and Telecommunications (R.P. 15A-1996), as submitted to and approved by Parliament. 

Limitation on exceeding of certain appropriated amount

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12F(3) and (4) of the Post Office Act, 1958 (Act No. 44 of 1958), an amount appropriated by this Act to provide for personal  entertainment may not be exceeded otherwise than in accordance with an authority granted under section 12F(5)(a) of the Post Office Act, 1958.

Short title

4. This Act shall be called the Post Office Appropriation Act, 1996.

Schedule

Subhead No.

Description

Amount

 

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

1.10

1.11

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

3.0

3.1 

TOTAL

 

Operating expenditure

Staff expenses

Material and services

Accommodation

Transport

International commitments

Services rendered by other departments of State, successor companies, consultants and agents

Losses

Depreciation of assets

Financing costs

Miscellaneous

Establishment of a Telecommunications Regulatory Authority

Capital expenditure

Electronic support equipment for control of radio activities

Vehicles

Office equipment and labour-saving devices 

Private automatic branch exchange

Withdrawal from the Post Office Fund of amounts to be appropriated from the operating surplus

Transfer to National Revenue Fund

R

 

32 817 000

2 673 000

5 262 000

2 469 000

3 410 000

13 051 000

1 023 000

7 089 000

1000

198 000

3 255 000

 

10 341 000

180 000

1 000 000

50 000

 

49 800 000

132 619 000

Commencement

5 June 1996

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