Number 42/2003: Appropriation Act 2003

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Number 42 of 2003

APPROPRIATION ACT 2003

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Appropriation of Grants

Section
1.	Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., €31,040,999,000.

Miscellaneous

2.	Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 3 December 2003.
3.	Short title.

SCHEDULE

Acts Referred to

Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965	1965, No. 26
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1927	1927, No. 7
Public Accounts and Charges Act 1891	54 & 55 Vict., c. 24
Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1963
Superannuation and Pensions Act 1976	1976, No. 22

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Number 42 of 2003

APPROPRIATION ACT 2003

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TO THE PROPER SUPPLY SERVICES AND PURPOSES SUMS GRANTED BY THE CENTRAL FUND (PERMANENT PROVISIONS) ACT 1965 AND TO MAKE CERTAIN PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTIONS, PASSED BY DÁIL ÉIREANN ON 3 DECEMBER 2003. [19th December, 2003]

		BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
		Appropriation of Grants
	Appropriation of sums voted for supply services, viz., €31,040,999,000.	1. —(1) The sums granted by the Central Fund (Permanent Provisions) Act 1965 out of the Central Fund towards making good the supply granted, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of thirtyone thousand and forty million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand euro for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2003 are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule to this Act.
		(2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in subsection (1) of this section, there may be applied out of any money directed under section 2 of the Public Accounts and Charges Act 1891 to be applied as appropriations-in-aid of the grants for the services and purposes specified in the Schedule to this Act, the sums respectively set out in column (4) of that Schedule amounting, as appears thereby, in the aggregate to the sum of two thousand, six hundred and twenty-five million, one hundred and twenty-six thousand euro.
		Miscellaneous
	Financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 3 December 2003.	2. —(1) The legislation required to give effect to the financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 3 December 2003 and referred to in subsection (2) of this section may, subject to the time period specified in section 4 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1927 be enacted in the year 2004.
		(2) The Financial Resolutions referred to in subsection (1) of this section are as follows:
		(a) Financial Resolution No. 1 (which relates to an increase in the farmers flat rate and the livestock rate of Value-Added Tax);
		(b) Financial Resolution No. 2 (which relates to an anti-avoidance measure regarding the reduced rate of Value-Added Tax on sites, when houses and sites are sold together);
		(c) Financial Resolution No. 3 (which relates to excise duties on road diesel and petrol);
		(d) Financial Resolution No. 4 (which relates to excise duties on tobacco).
	Short title.	3. —This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 2003 .