WHEREAS it appears by Message from the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor and the Supplementary Estimates No. 1 accompanying the Message that provision is required to defray certain expenses of the public service of the Province, and for other purposes connected with the public service, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007;

THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Voted expenses appropriation

1  From and out of the consolidated revenue fund there may be paid and applied in the manner and at the times the government may determine the sum of $290 000 000, as set forth in the Schedule to this Act, towards defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of the Province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007, the sum to be additional to that authorized to be paid under section 1 of the Supply Act, 2006-2007.

Commencement

2  This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.