SOCIAL GRANTS APPROPRIATION BILL

BILL

To appropriate an additional amount of money for the requirements of the Department of Social Development in respect of the financial year ending 31 March 2002.

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

Appropriation of additional amount of money for requirements of Department of Social Development

  1. (a) Subject to the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999), there is hereby appropriated out of the National Revenue Fund for the requirements of the Department of Social Development an amount of R2 billion (two billion rand) in respect of the 2001/2002 financial year to fund arrear payments to social grant beneficiaries.

(b) The money contemplated in paragraph (a) must be made available to the nine provincial administrations as determined by and on the conditions imposed in the Division of Revenue Act, 2001 (Act No. 1 of 2001).

Short title

  1. This Act is called the Social Grants Appropriation Act, 2002.