Officers deputed to exercise certain budgetary powers
3.—(1)  The Minister for Finance, with the approval of the President, hereby deputes any accounting officer to exercise the power conferred upon the Minister by section 4(2) of the Development Fund Act (Cap. 80) except where the transfer of funds is for the purpose of supplementing or creating a subhead which relates to loans or capital grants or to any expenditure not previously approved by any Approving Authority.
(2)  The Minister for Finance, with the approval of the President, hereby also deputes —
(a)the Permanent Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, Directors and Deputy Directors of the Ministry of Finance to exercise the powers conferred by section 17(3) of the Financial Procedure Act (Cap. 109) in respect of all posts in the Establishment List except political appointments; and
(b)the accounting officers of all Ministries and Organs of State to exercise the powers conferred by section 17(3) of the Financial Procedure Act except that —
(i)the addition or alteration to the Establishment List shall not result in an increase in the total number of political appointments whose salaries and other emoluments are to be met from the allocations of funds under the head of expenditure; and
(ii)the addition or alteration to the Establishment List shall not result in an increase in the total expenditure under the head of expenditure.