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32.   Approval of Estimates

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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32.   Approval of Estimates

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    (1)   or the purposes of section 79(1) of the Constitution of Saint Lucia, the Minister shall, no later than 30 days before the end of each financial year, lay Estimates before Parliament.

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    (2)   When the estimates of expenditure, other than expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund by the Constitution of Saint Lucia or any other enactment, have been approved by Parliament, a bill known as an Appropriation Bill shall be introduced in Parliament, providing for the issue from the Consolidated Fund of the sums necessary to meet that expenditure and the appropriation of those sums, under separate votes for the services required for the purposes specified in the Appropriation Bill.

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    (3)   Parliament shall approve the Appropriation Bill no later than the last day of each financial year.

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    (4)   If an emergency is declared in accordance with section 17 of the Constitution of Saint Lucia and the Minister is unable to lay the Estimates before Parliament, he or she shall seek immediate approval of Parliament for an extension, with reasons for seeking the extension, by a new date, no later than 15 days before the end of the financial year.

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    (5)   Where Parliament approves an extension of time under subsection (4), Parliament shall, no later than 30 days after the end of the financial year, approve the Estimates and Appropriation Bill.

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    (6)   If approval of the Estimates is delayed due to an emergency declared under section 17 of the Constitution of Saint Lucia and the Appropriation Bill has not been approved, the responsible Minister may, by Provisional Warrant, authorize the collection of revenue and expenditure that is necessary to carry on the     services of Government for 3 months from the beginning of the financial year, or coming into force of the Appropriation Bill, whichever is earlier, except that —

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      (a)     expenditure shall not in total exceed ¼ of the money authorized by the appropriation law of the previous financial year;

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      (b)     in the case of capital expenditure, expenditure on projects that in the previous financial year were included in the appropriation law for that financial year will be continued.

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    (7)   On the coming into force of the appropriation law, expenditure under subsection (6) is deemed to have been paid out for corresponding services provided in the Estimates and the appropriation law.

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