Post Office Appropriation Act

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 3 i M:arcl,t j 9~71 tJie sums: of money s~~- f~~in: the, Sc_hedf4le:' Purposes to which money shall be applied . . . . . ' 5

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 10 f. Expe,nditure pf J~epep~e!lt of Posts a!ldT~lecopununi~a~on~ (R.P. l_?~-:::: 199~~· 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 O~ce Act, 1958 (Act No. 44 of 1958), an amount appropriated by this Act to provide for personal · 15 entertainment may not be exceeded otherwise than in accordance with an authority granted under section 12F(S)(a) of the Post Office Act, 1958. Short title

4. This Act shall be called the Post Office Appropriation Act, 1996. 4 No. 17239 !Ct No. 30, 1996 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5 JUNE 1996 POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION ACf, 1996 .. SCHEDULE : - ' Subhead -:'•. No"··.' Description , ' • -; . , . > ·.1 . : .~ . - Amount • , , I 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 . 1.10 1.11 : ' j • • ~ I ... 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.0 ;· 3.1 · ·. TOTAL R :::.: . Operating expenditure Staff expenses .................................................................................................. .. 32 817 000 Material and services ...................................................................................... .. 2673 ()()() Accommodation .............................................................................................. .. Transport ................................ , ... _._., .. ~_._.., ........................................................... .. International_ commitments_· ..... , .. -... ; ...... : ......... : .......................... :; ..... : ................ . Services rendered by other'depariments of State; successor companies, con- 5 262000 2469 ()()() 3 410000 sultants and agents .................. :.: ................................................................. .. 13 051 000 Losses .............................................................................................................. .. Depreciation of assets ..................................................................................... .. 1023 000 7 089000 Financing costs , ......... _.:.' .... : ...................................... ; .................. ; ... ; ..... ; ........ :.::. Miscellaneous ............................................................................................. _;;.: .. . .. / . 1 ()()() •;.: 198000 Establishment of a Telecommunications Regulatory Authority ...................... . :: : ' ~ . ~ ' .. ·. '~ : : ... 3 255 000 . .,.·, Capital expenditure ' _. ; · . ,, I ' , ·· ·· . · t ' · · - Electronic support equipment for control of radio activities .. ::.: .. : .. :: ...... : ........ v~h lcJe~-· : .... ·:·.: ~: .u ~~ :. :~ .... ·. :. ~~ ~ :. :~:.~.~-•• ~ ::.:. ~:.:. :: .:. : •.• ~ •..• ~! ~. -: ... ~ .. ~-.. : .... : ~ ~: .~ ~ .: .... :.! ..• : .•.. :.:~.~ l \ t • •. • • Office equipment ·and labouNav.ing devices .... ::.~ ... _ .... , .. :, .. :.: .... ~ ..... ~ ............. : .. . · i : . • . ; ' ~ 0 , . , . ; i ·· · I ' 1: . I .· ' ;, , ; ; • I ~ -'- • ' l. t • . . • ' ; · ' . ' • J ; . · , , ' ·• ' ' ' • ; ' ' .' · . ..~ • ' , ._) · · · 1 . · · : . ; 1 . . · ... ,..: .. ! • . . _, ' •:J . . · '. ' . '10 341 000 i . -.. ' 180. ()()() .. .. 1 ()()()()()() ! ' i .• . · .· • 4 Private automatic branch exchange ..................... : ........................................... . .. : - Withdrawal from the Post Office Fund of amounts to be appropriated 50000 ... :• .. , ... ' .! t rromtheoperatings~rpl~ .;, . :.; ; _: _., Transfer to National Revenue .Fund ..... : ........................ ; ......... ;., ....... ~.; ... : .... :~... . ,;,;,;.: ......... ::.: ..... : .. :2.; .... ,:,,,.,,::.: .. :.:. .... ::.:: ........... ;.;. ................... :.~.; .......... :.;., ..... :.; ' : · 132 619.000 .. . ' :; 49 ~00000 , :;