Number 36 of 2000

APPROPRIATION ACT, 2000

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Appropriation Of Grants

Miscellaneous

SCHEDULE

Number 36 of 2000

APPROPRIATION ACT, 2000

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Appropriation of Grants

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 sixteen thousand, eight hundred and sixty-four million, four hundred and forty-three thousand pounds for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2000 are appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule hereto.

(2) In addition to the grants out of the Central Fund referred to in the foregoing subsection 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 hereto, the sums respectively set forth in column (4) of the said Schedule amounting, as appears thereby, in the aggregate to the sum of one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-nine million, five hundred and fifty-seven thousand pounds.

Miscellaneous

2. —(1) The legislation required to give effect to the financial resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann on 6 December 2000 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 2001.

(2) The Financial Resolutions referred to in subsection (1) of this section are as follows:

(a) Financial Resolution No. 1 (which relates to excise duty on hydrocarbons and substitute motor fuel),

(b) Financial Resolution No. 2 (which relates to excise duty on tobacco products), and

(c) Financial Resolution No. 3 (which relates to value-added tax).

3. —This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 2000 .