Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

43.   Reallocation Warrant

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    (1)   Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and sections 44, 45, and 46, the Minister may, by a Reallocation Warrant, direct the accounting officer that savings arising from an item in the expenditure classification approved by an appropriation law, be applied in aid of an item in another expenditure classification in the Estimates, or to a new item of expenditure and the amount to be applied is deemed to have been appropriated for that purpose.

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    (2)   A Reallocation Warrant under subsection (1) —

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      (a)     may be applied to expenditure of one ministry, department or office to another ministry, department or office;

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      (b)     shall not transfer savings of salaries or other employee benefits, unless it is to personnel emoluments in another expenditure classification;

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      (c)     shall not be made —

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        (i)     from capital expenditure to current expenditure,

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        (ii)     if, in the opinion of the responsible Minister, the reallocation hinders effective execution of the appropriation law or breaches the aggregate expenditure ceiling or causes fiscal imbalance.

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    (3)   If the Minister directs the accounting officer under subsection (1), the responsible Minister shall, within 3 months commencing from the day the Reallocation Warrant is made and by an affirmative Resolution, lay the Reallocation Warrant in the House of Assembly.