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Part IX · Public Investment Management

40. General principles of public investment management and Public Investment Committee

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

(1)

The selection and implementation of a public investment project, including a public private partnership project shall be in compliance with –

(a)

the objects specified in section 2;

(b)

the fiscal responsibility framework provided for in

Part III; and

(c)

Sri Lanka’s national development policy framework, national policies, sectoral plans, and public investment programme.

(2)

The Minister of Finance shall establish a Public

Investment Committee consisting of –

(a)

the Heads of the Departments in the General

Treasury responsible for the following subject areas:-

(i)

national planning;

(ii)

public finance;

(iii)

fiscal policy;

(iv)

national budget;

(v)

public debt management;

(vi)

external resources;

(vii)

treasury operations;

(viii)

public enterprises;

(ix)

management services;

(x)

project management and monitoring; and

(b)

the authority in charge of the subject of public-private partnerships.

(3)

The Chairperson of the Public Investment Committee shall be the Secretary to the Treasury.

(4)

The Secretary to the Public Investment Committee shall be an officer of the Department responsible for the subject of national planning, nominated by the Secretary to the Treasury.

(5)

The Public Investment Committee shall be responsible for –

(a)

the selection of public investment projects including public-private partnership projects specified in section 42, based on the criteria that shall be published by the Ministry of the Minister of Finance;

(b)

making recommendations to the Minister of

Finance on the mode of financing for such projects, including financing from the annual budget; and

(c)

supervising the implementation of the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder pertaining to public investment projects, including public private partnership projects, and making recommendations as are deemed necessary to the

Minister of Finance.

Part X

Government Borrowings and Guarantees

Part XI

Accounting and Reporting

Part XII

State Owned Enterprises

Part XIII

Provincial Councils and Local Authorities

Part XIV

Cadre Management

Part XV

Offences and Penalties

Part XVI

Miscellaneous Provisions

Part XVII

Repeals

Part XVIII

Interpretation