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Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999)

Chapter 2 : National Treasury and National Revenue Fund

Part 2: National Revenue Fund

15. Withdrawals and investments from National Revenue Fund

 

(1) Only the National Treasury may withdraw money from the National Revenue Fund, and may do so only—
(a) to provide funds that have been authorised--
(i) in terms of an appropriation by an Act of Parliament; or
(ii) as a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund provided for in the Constitution or this Act, or in any other Act of Parliament provided the direct charge in such a case is listed in Schedule 5;
(b) to refund money invested by a province in the National Revenue Fund; or
(c) to refund money incorrectly paid into, or which is not due to, the National Revenue Fund.

 

(2) A payment in terms of subsection (1)(b) or (c) is a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund.

 

(3)
(a) The National Treasury may invest temporarily, in the Republic or elsewhere, money in the National Revenue Fund that is not immediately needed.
(b) When money in the National Revenue Fund is invested, the investment, including interest earned, is regarded as part of the National Revenue Fund.