Gazette November 24, 2025 Part A VOL. CLX No. 126 with Bills & S.I #142

Nov 24, 2025 | Bills, Part A, Statutory Instruments (SI's)

COMPANIES (ECONOMIC SUBSTANCE) (REPEAL) ACT, 2025

OBJECTS AND REASONS

This  Bill  would  repeal  the  Companies  (Economic  Substance)  Act,  2019

(Act 2019-43) and provide for related matters.

COMPANIES (ECONOMIC SUBSTANCE) (REPEAL) ACT, 2025

Arrangement of Sections

  1. Short title

BARBADOS

A Bill entitled

An  Act  to  repeal  the  Companies  (Economic  Substance)  Act,       2019

(Act 2019-43).

ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows:

Short title

1.

This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  Companies  (Economic Substance)

(Repeal) Act, 2025.

Repeal of Act 2019-43

2.

repealed.

The Companies (Economic Substance) Act, 2019 (Act 2019-43) is

Transitional

3.(1)

(a)

Notwithstanding section 2, all

  • rights, powers, privileges and functions relating to the administration and enforcement of the former Act shall continue to be exercisable;
    • rights, obligations and liabilities of a company under the former Act and subsisting immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to subsist;
    • remedies available under the former Act shall continue to be available; and
    • proceedings commenced under the former Act may be continued,

in respect of any fiscal period ending on or before the 31st day of December, 2024, as if the former Act had not been repealed; and

(b) any Guidelines issued under the former Act shall, for the purposes of paragraph (a), continue to apply in respect of a fiscal period ending on or before the 31st day of December, 2024, as if the former Act had not been repealed.

  • For the avoidance of doubt, in relation to any fiscal period ending in 2025

and for every subsequent fiscal period, the Income Tax Act, Cap. 73 shall apply in relation to any requirement for a company to have economic substance.

  • In this section,

“economic substance” has the meaning assigned to it by section 52F of the Income Tax Act, Cap. 73;

“fiscal period” has the meaning assigned to it by section 85 of the Income Tax Act, Cap. 73;

“former   Act”   means   the   Companies   (Economic   Substance)   Act,   2019

(Act 2019-43).

Commencement

4.

2025.

This Act is deemed to have come into operation the 1st day of January,

Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of        , 2025.

Speaker

Read three times and passed the Senate this               day of

, 2025.

President

INCOME TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025

OBJECTS AND REASONS

This Bill would amend the Income Tax Act, Cap. 73 to impose economic substance requirements that are consistent with international standards on companies benefiting from preferential tax regimes, and provide for related matters.

INCOME TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025

Arrangement of Sections

  1. Short title

BARBADOS

A Bill entitled

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, Cap. 73. ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows:

Short title 1.

This Act may be cited as the Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2025.

Insertion of new Division into Cap. 73

2.                        The Income Tax Act, Cap. 73 is amended by inserting after Division

V, the following:

“DIVISION VA

Economic Substance Compliance and Reporting

Application of Division VA

52A.(1)

This Division applies in respect of income year 2025    and

every subsequent income year.

  • Sections 52B, 52C and 52D apply to a company that
    • derives income from carrying on a relevant activity in an income year; and
    • is liable to tax at a rate of less than 9 per cent under section 43A(3A) or 43(9)(b).
    • Section 52E applies to a company that is liable to tax at a rate

of less than 9 per cent under section 43B.

Economic substance requirements

52B.(1)

substance.

A company described in section 52A(2) shall have economic

  • Subject to subsection (6), the company shall, for the purposes

of subsection (1),

  • conduct its core income-generating activities in Barbados; and
    • comply with the requirements set out in subsection (3),

in relation to a relevant activity carried on in Barbados in an income year.

  • The requirements referred to in subsection (2)(b) are that the

company

(a)

(b)

is directed and managed in Barbados, and its decision- making processes are carried out in Barbados; and

has, having regard to the nature and level of income derived from the relevant activity,

  • an adequate amount of operating expenditure incurred in Barbados, which is proportionate to the level of activity carried on in Barbados;
  • an adequate physical presence in Barbados, including maintaining a place of business, an office, premises or plant, property and equipment for the purpose of carrying on the activity; and
  • an adequate number of employees or other personnel, with appropriate qualifications, who are physically present in Barbados.
  • A company may outsource to another person in Barbados its

core income-generating activities in relation to a relevant activity carried on in Barbados, if the company is able to monitor and control the conduct of the core income-generating activity by the other person.

  • A company is directed and managed in Barbados if
    • the board of directors of the company meets in Barbados at an adequate frequency, given the level of decision-making required;
    • during each meeting of the board of directors, there is a quorum of directors physically present at the meeting in Barbados;
  • strategic decisions of the company are made at meetings of the board of directors, and minutes of the meetings reflect the decisions;
    • the board of directors, as a whole, have the necessary knowledge and expertise to discharge its duties as a board; and
    • the minutes of all board meetings and the records of the company are kept in Barbados.
  • A company is not required to comply with subsections (1), (2)

and (3) in an income year if it has no gross income in relation to the relevant activity carried on in the income year.

Economic substance reporting

52C.(1)

A company shall, in respect of income year 2025 and    for

every subsequent income year, include in its return filed pursuant to section 52 such information as the Commissioner may require for the Commissioner to determine whether the company complies with section 52B.

(2)       The information referred to in subsection (1) shall be provided

in the manner and form prescribed by the Commissioner.

Economic substance compliance audit etc.

52D.(1)

The Commissioner may conduct an audit of a company  to

determine whether the company complies with section 52B.

  • An audit may include
    • a review of the financial records of the company, including accounting documents, invoices and contracts, in order to assess the adequacy of operating expenditure incurred in Barbados;
  • a verification of the physical presence of the company in Barbados, including the location and nature of its premises, plant, property, and equipment;
    • an examination of the employment records and contracts of the company in order to assess the number, qualifications and roles of employees or other personnel present in Barbados;
    • a review of the governance and decision-making processes of the company to ensure that it is directed and managed in Barbados; and
    • any other investigation relevant to determining whether the company has complied with section 52B.
  • Subsections (1) and (2) are without prejudice to any duties or

powers imposed or conferred under section 76 in relation to the administration and enforcement of this Act, including the power to request additional information.

  • Where, after an audit under this section or an assessment under

section 53, the Commissioner determines that a company has not complied with section 52B in respect of an income year

  • section 43(9)(b) or 43A(3A), as the case may be, shall not apply to the company; and
    • the Commissioner shall make an assessment or re- assessment, as the case may be, of the amount of tax payable for the income year by the company at the rate specified in section 43(8).
  • Where the Commissioner assesses or re-assesses the amount of

tax payable for an income year by a company as a result of its failure to comply with section 52B, the Commissioner shall deliver a notice of

assessment or notice of re-assessment to the company, as the case may be, setting out

  • the basis on which the assessment or re-assessment was made;
    • the amount of tax payable as a result of the assessment or re- assessment; and
    • the period within which the tax must be paid.
  • The provisions of this Act relating to objections under section

57 and appeals under sections 58 to 63 apply, with the necessary modifications and adaptations, in relation to an assessment or reassessment made under this section.

Companies taxed under section 43B

52E.

For the avoidance of doubt, a company that is liable to  tax

under section 43B shall be regarded as having economic substance.

Interpretation of Division VA

52F.

In this Division,

“core income-generating activities” means activities required for a company to generate income in relation to a relevant activity, and includes in respect of

  • insurance business,
    • predicting or calculating risk or oversight of the prediction or calculation of risk;
    • insuring or re-insuring against risk; and
    • providing insurance business services to clients;
  • international shipping business
    • managing    crew,    including    hiring,    paying   and overseeing crew members;
    • overhauling and maintaining ships;
    • overseeing and tracking deliveries;
    • determining what goods to order and when to deliver them; and
    • organising and overseeing voyages;

“economic substance”, in relation to a company, means a real and substantial economic presence in Barbados;

“relevant activity” means insurance business or international shipping business.”.

Commencement

3.                        This Act is deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of

January, 2025.

Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of        , 2025.

Speaker

Read three times and passed the Senate this               day of

, 2025.

President

CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025

OBJECTS AND REASONS

This Bill would amend the Constitution to

  • provide for the election of a person who is not a member of either House to the office of Speaker of the House of Assembly; and
    • enable a Minister to address the House of which he is not a member on any matter within his portfolio and the Attorney-General to address either House on any matter.

CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025

Arrangement of Sections

  1. Short title

BARBADOS

A Bill entitled

An Act to amend the Constitution.

ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados in accordance with the provisions of section 49 of the Constitution as follows:

Short title 1.

This Act may be cited as the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2025.

Insertion of sections 45A, 45B and 45C into the Constitution

2.

following:

The  Constitution  is  amended  by  inserting  after  section  45  the

“Speaker and Deputy Speaker

45A.(1)

There shall be a Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House

of Assembly who shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of this section.

  • When the House of Assembly first meets after any dissolution

of Parliament and before it proceeds to the despatch of any other business, it shall elect a person who is not a member of the House of Assembly or the Senate to be the Speaker; and whenever the office of Speaker becomes vacant for any reason other than a dissolution of Parliament, the House shall, as soon as practicable, elect another such person to that office.

  • The Speaker shall, by virtue of holding the office of Speaker,

be deemed to be a member of the House of Assembly in addition to the thirty members or such greater number of members as may be prescribed by Parliament pursuant to section 41(1).

  • The Speaker shall, whenever on a division the votes are equal,

have a casting vote.

  • When the House of Assembly first meets after any dissolution

of Parliament and before it proceeds to the despatch of any other business, except the election of the Speaker, the House shall elect a member of the House who is not a Minister or Parliamentary Secretary to be Deputy Speaker, and if the office of Deputy Speaker becomes vacant for any reason other than a dissolution of Parliament, the House shall, as soon as practicable, elect another such person to that office.

  • A person shall not be elected Speaker or Deputy Speaker if
    • he is not a citizen of Barbados; or
    • he is a person disqualified for election as a member of the House of Assembly by virtue of section 44(1) or any other law enacted pursuant to section 44(2).
  • The Speaker shall be entitled to such conditions of service as

may be prescribed by Parliament.

Vacation of office by Speaker and Deputy Speaker

45B.(1)

(a)

A person shall vacate the office of Speaker

  • when the House first meets after any dissolution of Parliament;
  • where he ceases to be a citizen of Barbados;
  • any circumstances arise that would cause him to be disqualified for election as a member of the House by virtue of section 44(1) or any law enacted pursuant to section 44(2); or
  • where he announces the resignation of his office to the House of Assembly or, if by writing under his hand addressed to the Clerk of the House, he resigns that office; and

(b) Deputy Speaker where he announces the resignation of his office to the House of Assembly or if by writing under his hand addressed, to the Speaker or, if the office of Speaker is vacant or the Speaker is absent from Barbados, to the Clerk of the House, he resigns that office.

(2)       A Speaker shall no longer be deemed to be a member of the

House of Assembly pursuant to section 45A(3) if he has vacated the office of Speaker.

Removal of Speaker and Deputy Speaker

45C.(1)

Standing Orders made pursuant to section 50 may  provide

for the removal of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker from office.

  • A Speaker shall no longer be deemed to be a member of the

House pursuant to section 45A(3) if he is removed from the office of Speaker.”.

Insertion of section 53A into the Constitution

3.

following:

The  Constitution  is  amended  by  inserting  after  section  53  the

“Attendance of Ministers in either House

53A.(1)

A Minister who is a Member of the House of Assembly and

a Minister who is a Senator

  • may attend any sitting of the Senate or the House of Assembly, respectively; and
    • may be required at the instance of the President of the Senate or the Speaker to attend any sitting of the Senate or the House of Assembly, respectively.
  • A Minister may not be required to attend any sitting of either

House under subsection (1)(b) except on the adoption by that House of a motion for the purpose.

  • A Minister attending any sitting of the Senate or the House of

Assembly under subsection (1) may take part in any debate or other

proceedings concerning matters falling within his portfolio in such House and may speak only on any motion before the House concerning his portfolio and move amendments to any such motions, save that such a Minister shall have no vote thereon.

  • Nothing in this section shall preclude the Attorney-General

from attending any sitting of the Senate or the House of Assembly, as the case may be, and taking part in debates and other proceedings and speaking on any motion before any such House, as the case may be, and moving amendments to any such motions even though the matter falls within the portfolio of some other Minister.”.

Amendment of the Third Schedule

4.              The Third Schedule to the Constitution is amended by deleting

paragraph 2 and substituting the following:

“2. The number of persons entitled to vote in any one constituency shall, so far as practicable, be not more than 120 per cent, nor less than 80 per cent, of the total number of persons entitled to vote in Barbados, divided by the total number of the constituencies.”.

Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of        , 2025.

Speaker

Read three times and passed the Senate this               day of

, 2025.

President

PARLIAMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 2025

OBJECTS AND REASONS

This Bill would amend the Retiring Allowances (Legislative Service) Act, Cap. 12A and the Senate and House of Assembly (Remuneration and Allowances of Members) Act, Cap. 13A to make provision for the remuneration and allowances of any person elected Speaker of the House of Assembly pursuant to section 45A(2) of the Constitution.

PARLIAMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 2025

Arrangement of Sections

  1. Short title

SCHEDULE

Consequential Amendments

BARBADOS

A Bill entitled

An Act to make provision to amend the Retiring Allowances (Legislative Service) Act, Cap. 12A and the Senate and House of Assembly (Remuneration and Allowances of Members) Act, Cap. 13A.

ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows:

Short title

1.

Act, 2025.

This Act may be cited as the Parliament (Miscellaneous Provisions)

Amendments

2.                        The enactments set out in column 1 of the Schedule are amended in

the manner specified in column 2 of the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

(Section 2)

Consequential Amendments

Column 1

Enactments

  1. Retiring Allowances (Legislative Service) Act, Cap. 12A

Column 2

Amendments

  1. In section 2, delete the definition “legislator” and substitute the following:

” “legislator” means a person who

  • is an elected member;
  • is elected Speaker of the House of Assembly pursuant to section 45A(2) of the Constitution; or
  • not being a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) is the holder of a specified legislative office;”.
  • In section 3, insert after subsection (1) the following:

“(1A) For the purpose of this Act, a person elected Speaker pursuant to section 45A(2) of the Constitution shall be entitled to all benefits, rights and privileges and retiring allowances appertaining to the office of Speaker as if he were an elected member.”.

Schedule – (Concl’d)

Consequential Amendments – (Concl’d)

Column 1

Enactments

  • Senate and House of Assembly (Remuneration and Allowances of Members) Act, Cap. 13A

Column 2

Amendments

In section 3 after subsection (1) insert the following new subsection:

“(1A) A person who is elected as Speaker of the House of Assembly pursuant to section 45A(2) of the Constitution shall

  • be paid such emoluments as Parliament may prescribe pursuant to section 45A(7); and
  • enjoy the same conditions of service as elected Members of Parliament.”.

Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of        , 2025.

Speaker

Read three times and passed the Senate this               day of

, 2025.

President

FINAL APPROPRIATION (2022-2023) ACT, 2025

OBJECTS AND REASONS

This Bill would grant out of the Consolidated Fund the sum of $540,126,199 and appropriate the same for the services of the Island for the Financial Year that ended 31st  March, 2023.

FINAL APPROPRIATION (2022-2023) ACT, 2025

Arrangement of Sections

  1. Short title

SCHEDULE

ABSTRACTS OF THE APPROPRIATION GRANTS

BARBADOS

A Bill entitled

An Act to grant an additional sum of money out of the Consolidated Fund and to appropriate the same for the services of the Island for the Financial Year ended 31st  March, 2023.

WHEREAS the sum of money granted out of the Consolidated Fund by the Appropriation Act, 2022 for the services of the Island for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2023 has proved insufficient to meet the demands for such services;

AND WHEREAS certain Resolutions were passed during the Financial Year that ended 31st March, 2023 granting additional sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of that year, and it is deemed expedient to appropriate the same in the manner hereinafter mentioned;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows:

Short title

1.

2025.

This Act may be cited as the Final Appropriation (2022-2023)   Act,

Supplementary grant of $540,126,199

  • The Accountant General may, on the warrant of the Minister or some

person authorised by the Minister in writing, issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply for making good the sums granted for the supply of services for the year ended 31st March, 2023, the sum of five hundred and forty million, one hundred and twenty six thousand, one hundred and ninety-nine dollars.

Date on which grant took effect

  • The sum granted by this Act shall be deemed to have been granted on

the 1st April, 2022 in addition to the sum granted by the Appropriation Act, 2022.

Appropriation of sum granted

  • The sum granted by this Act out of the Consolidated Fund for making

good the sums granted for the purpose specified in section 2 shall be deemed to have been appropriated from 1st April, 2022 for the purposes specified in the Schedule.

 SCHEDULE PART I 
 (Section 4)
ABSTRACTS OF THE APPROPRIATION GRANTS 
ServiceAppropriated for 2022-2023
 $
12.Parliament1,456,370
13.Prime Minister’s Office123,654,389
15.Cabinet Office13,688,440
27.Ministry of Tourism and International Transport16,279,063
30.Office of the Attorney General10,703,122
31.Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology12,463,777
32.Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade2,161,966
33.Ministry of Home Affairs and Information12,103,075
34.Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment63,366,417
35.Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs28,865,347
50.Post Office740,933
81.Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources78,452,335
82.Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification21,262,939
83.Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security33,593,250
86.Ministry of Health and Wellness35,905,737
87.Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training28,502,837
 C/F483,199,997

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART I – (Concl’d)

ABSTRACTS OF THE APPROPRIATION GRANTS – (Cont’d)

Service

Appropriated for 2022-2023

$

 B/F483,199,997
91.Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment12,618,450
92.Ministry of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship2,247,090
93.Ministry of Housing, Lands and Maintenance42,060,662
  540,126,199

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II CURRENT AND CAPITAL

HEAD 12 – PARLIAMENT

PROGRAMME 030       –   PARLIAMENT

Sub-programme 0030    –    Management Commission of

Parliament                                                                        1,300,000

Sub-programme 0031    –    Commonwealth Parliamentary

Association and Exchange Visits                                                                            156,370

HEAD 13 – PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

PROGRAMME 040– DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0148–    National Transformation Initiative9,022,047
PROGRAMME 041– NATIONAL DEFENCE AND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS 
Sub-programme 0043–    Barbados Defence Force3,481,539
PROGRAMME 166–    RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
Sub-programme 0181–    Rural Development Commission4,000,000
PROGRAMME 276–   CULTURE 
Sub-programme 7005– General Management and Coordination Services  3,932,772
Sub-programme 0298–    National Cultural Foundation2,000,000
PROGRAMME 332– DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM  POTENTIAL 
Sub-programme 0347–    Barbados Tourism Investment Inc.86,500,000

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 13 – PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE – (Concl’d)

PROGRAMME 337– INVESTMENT PROMOTION FACILITATION 
Sub-programme 7083–    Invest Barbados5,000,000
PROGRAMME 366–    NATIONAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT 
Sub-programme 6205–    Programme Management – COVID-192,000,000
PROGRAMME 631–    URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
Sub-programme 0534–    Urban Development Commission7,718,031

HEAD 15 – CABINET OFFICE

PROGRAMME 070 Sub-programme 7020CABINET SECRETARIATGeneral Management and 
 Coordination Services12,046,633
PROGRAMME 071– CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES 
Sub-programme 0073–    Electoral and Boundaries Commission1,641,807

HEAD 27 – MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT

PROGRAMME 040       –   DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION

Sub-programme 7060– General Management and Coordination Services  385,100
PROGRAMME 332– DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM POTENTIAL 
Sub-programme 0353–    Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.5,000,000

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 27 – MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND

INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT – (Concl’d)

PROGRAMME 333 Sub-programme 7065INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTGeneral Management and 
 Coordination Services8,374,963
PROGRAMME 334–    REGULATION OF AIR SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0339–   Civil Aviation Authority2,519,000

HEAD 30 –  ATTORNEY GENERAL

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7075–    General Management and Coordination Services  269,873
Sub-programme 0240–    Forensic Services415,000
PROGRAMME 242–    ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 
Sub-programme 0248–    Supreme Court172,798
PROGRAMME 244–    POLICE SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0255–    Police Headquarters and Management2,323,015
Sub-programme 0256–    General Police Services7,245,425
PROGRAMME 245–    LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING 
Sub-programme 0239–    Police Headquarters and Management277,011

HEAD 31 – MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PROGRAMME 460       –    INVESTMENT, INDUSTRIAL AND

EXPORT DEVELOPMENT

Sub-programme 0462    –    Barbados Investment and Development

Corporation                                                                      12,463,777

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 32 – MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE

PROGRAMME 330      –     DIRECTION FORMULATION AND

IMPLEMENTATION OF FOREIGN POLICY

Sub-programme 7080    –     General Management, Coordination

and Overseas Missions                                         2,000,000 Sub-programme 0066                           –                                         Overseas Missions – United Nations                                                               161,966

HEAD 33 – MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7070–    General Management and Coordination Services  471,492
Sub-programme 7156–    General Management and Coordination Services  7,675,586
PROGRAMME 167–    NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0180–    Meteorological Department Services341,000
PROGRAMME 200–    NATIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 
Sub-programme 0206–    Department of Emergency Management73,133
PROGRAMME 201–    IMMIGRATION REGULATORY SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0202–    Immigration Department250,000
PROGRAMME 243–    CORRECTIVE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0252–    Prison Department3,291,864

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 34 – MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENT

PROGRAMME 002–    FINANCIAL CONTROL AND TREASURY MANAGEMENT 
Sub-programme 0131–    Accountant General’s Office1,318,073
Sub-programme 0012–    Special Payment of Personal Emoluments56,984,342
PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0019–    Barbados Environmental Sustainability Funds  2,566,913
Sub-programme 7010–    General Management and Coordination Services  602,321
PROGRAMME 113–    REVENUE COLLECTION 
Sub-programme 0185–    Barbados Revenue Authority246,520
PROGRAMME 121–    ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PLANNING 
Sub-programme 0145–    The Population and Housing Census1,648,248

HEAD 35 – MINISTRY OF PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT AND ELDER AFFAIRS

PROGRAMME 423–    PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY PROGRAM 
Sub-programme 0427–    Welfare Department16,700,001
Sub-programme 0428–    National Assistance Board5,895,159
PROGRAMME 634–    POVERTY ALLEVIATION      AND REDUCTION PROGRAMME 
Sub-programme 8406–    Strengthening Human and Social Development  6,270,187

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 50 – POST OFFICE

PROGRAMME 600       –    POST OFFICE

Sub-programme 0600    –    Post Office                                                               740,933

HEAD 81 – MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, WORKS AND WATER RESOURCES

PROGRAMME 510 Sub-programme 0495ROAD NETWORKS SERVICESTenantry Roads    3,245,611
Sub-programme 0511–    Highway Construction and Maintenance Services  22,755,313
Sub-programme 0530–    IDB Road Rehabilitation and Improving Connectivity  17,780,000
PROGRAMME 516–    PUBLIC TRANSPORT 
Sub-programme 0524–    Provision of Traffic and Street Lighting  8,400,000
PROGRAMME 517–    TRANSPORT 
Sub-programme 0527–    Transport Board (Subsidy)24,271,411
Sub-programme 0543–    United Commercial 
 Autoworks Ltd. (UCAL)2,000,000

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 82 – MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATIONAL BEAUTIFICATION

PROGRAMME 164   Sub-programme 0385GENERAL SUPPORT SERVICES   Markets    1,723,841
PROGRAMME 400–    ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH  SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0372–    Sanitation Services Authority10,452,600
PROGRAMME 650–    PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT 
Sub-programme 0117–    National Clean-Up Materials7,023,148
Sub-programme 0386–    National Conservation Commission2,063,350

HEAD 83 – MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SECURITY

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7055–    General Management and Coordination Services  3,000,000
PROGRAMME 160–    MEASURES TO STIMULATE INCREASED CROP PRODUCTION 
Sub-programme 0636–    Barbados Agricultural Management Company  23,587,250

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 83 – MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY – (Concl’d)

PROGRAMME 164   Sub-programme 0178GENERAL SUPPORT SERVICES   Incentives and Other Subsidies    6,376,000
PROGRAMME 165–    ANCILLARY TECHNICAL AND ANALYTICAL SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0179–    Government Analytical Services630,000

HEAD 86 – MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7045–    General Management and Coordination Services  5,381,224
PROGRAMME 360–    PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0362–    Barbados Living Laboratory2,500,000
PROGRAMME 361–    HOSPITAL CARE SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0375–    Queen Elizabeth Hospital11,800,000
Sub-programme 0377–    Psychiatric Hospital1,685,548
PROGRAMME 364–    CARE OF THE ELDERLY 
Sub-programme 0446–    Geriatric District Hospital1,504,481
PROGRAMME 366–    NATIONAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT 
Sub-programme 6201–    COVID-19 Programme Management13,034,484

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 87 – MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7100–    General Management and Coordination Services  1,326,716
PROGRAMME 271–    BASIC EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
Sub-programme 0277–    Primary Education Domestic Programme  542,531
Sub-programme 0571–    Nursery and Primary Schools4,210,130
PROGRAMME 272–    SECONDARY 
Sub-programme 0641–    Alleyne School1,983,334
Sub-programme 0643–    Christ Church Foundation58,322
Sub-programme 0644–    Coleridge and Parry42,316
Sub-programme 0645–    Combermere School24,321
Sub-programme 0648–    Graydon Sealy1,983,334
Sub-programme 0649–    Grantley Adams Memorial School1,983,334
Sub-programme 0651–    Lester Vaughan School157,195
Sub-programme 0652–    Lodge School45,740
Sub-programme 0654–    Princess Margaret Secondary School1,983,333
Sub-programme 0656–    St. George Secondary School1,983,333
Sub-programme 0657–    Frederick Smith Secondary School1,983,333

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 87 – MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING – (Concl’d)

PROGRAMME 273–     TERTIARY 
Sub-programme 0285–     Barbados Community College1,500,000
Sub-programme 0287–     Higher Education Awards1,377,000
PROGRAMME 275–     SPECIAL SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0292–     Transport of Pupils2,952,645
Sub-programme 0568–     Media Resource Department23,000
Sub-programme 0294–     School Meals Department4,342,921

HEAD 91 – MINISTRY OF YOUTH, SPORTS AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

PROGRAMME 277 Sub-programme 7110YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTSGeneral Management and 
 Coordination Services18,450
PROGRAMME 425–     PROMOTION OF SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT 
Sub-programme 0432–     National Sports Council12,600,000

Schedule – (Concl’d)

PART II – (Concl’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Concl’d)

HEAD 92 – MINISTRY OF ENERGY, SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

PROGRAMME 040–     DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7030–     General Management and Coordination Services  160,000
Sub-programme 0490–     International Business and Finance Services  269,890
Sub-programme 0491–     Department of Corporate Affairs and Intellectual Property  317,200
PROGRAMME 114–     ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES 
Sub-programme 0454–     National Petroleum Corporation (NPC)1,500,000

HEAD 93 – MINISTRY OF HOUSING, LANDS AND MAINTENANCE

PROGRAMME 040–     DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7090–     General Management and Coordination Services  228,829
Sub-programme 0531–     Housing Planning Unit2,800,000
PROGRAMME 520–     HOUSING PROGRAMME 
Sub-programme 0533–     National Housing Corporation27,977,753
PROGRAMME 522–     LAND AND PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME 
Sub-programme 0539–     Property Management11,054,080

Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of        , 2025.

Speaker

Read three times and passed the Senate this               day of

, 2025.

President

OBJECTS AND REASONS

This Bill would grant out of the Consolidated Fund the sum of $343,429,903 and appropriate the same for the services of the Island for the Financial Year that ended 31st  March, 2024.

FINAL APPROPRIATION (2023-2024) ACT, 2025

Arrangement of Sections

  1. Short title

SCHEDULE

ABSTRACTS OF THE APPROPRIATION GRANTS

BARBADOS

A Bill entitled

An Act to grant an additional sum of money out of the Consolidated Fund and to appropriate the same for the services of the Island for the Financial Year that ended 31st  March, 2024.

WHEREAS the sum of money granted out of the Consolidated Fund by the Appropriation Act, 2023 for the services of the Island for the Financial Year that ended 31st March, 2024 has proved insufficient to meet the demands for such services;

AND WHEREAS certain Resolutions were passed during the Financial Year that ended 31st March, 2024 granting additional sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of that year, and it is deemed expedient to appropriate the same in the manner hereinafter mentioned;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows:

Short title

1.

2025.

This Act may be cited as the Final Appropriation (2023-2024)   Act,

Supplementary grant of $343,429,903

  • The Accountant General may, on the warrant of the Minister or some

person authorised by the Minister in writing, issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply for making good the sums granted for the supply of services for the year that ended 31st March, 2024, the sum of three hundred and forty-three million, four hundred and twenty-nine thousand, nine hundred and three dollars.

Date on which grant took effect

  • The sum granted by this Act shall be deemed to have been granted on

the 1st April, 2023 in addition to the sum granted by the Appropriation Act, 2023.

Appropriation of sum granted

  • The sum granted by this Act out of the Consolidated Fund for making

good the sums granted for the purpose specified in section 2 shall be deemed to have been appropriated from 1st April, 2023 for the purposes specified in the Schedule.

 SCHEDULE PART I 
 (Section 4)
ABSTRACTS OF THE APPROPRIATION GRANTS 
ServiceAppropriated for 2023-2024
 $
12.Parliament261,883
13.Prime Minister’s Office56,076,317
15.Cabinet Office1,653,509
27.Ministry of Tourism and International Transport13,496,552
31.Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology5,385,370
32.Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade600,000
33.Ministry of Home Affairs and Information12,547,912
34.Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment8,869,267
35.Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs6,531,620
81.Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources78,664,229
82.Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification7,501,778
83.Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security57,135,569
86.Ministry of Health and Wellness12,449,439
87.Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training9,659,053
91.Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment14,851,491
 C/F285,683,989

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART I – (Concl’d)

ABSTRACTS OF THE APPROPRIATION GRANTS – (Cont’d)

Service

Appropriated for 2023-2024

$

B/F285,683,989
92.     Ministry of Energy, Small Business and Entrepreneurship18,605,092
93.     Ministry of Housing, Lands and Maintenance39,140,822
 343,429,903

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II CURRENT AND CAPITAL

HEAD 12 – PARLIAMENT

PROGRAMME 030       –   PARLIAMENT

Sub-programme 0030    –    Management Commission of

Parliament                                                                            225,873

Sub-programme 0031    –    Commonwealth Parliamentary

Association and Exchange Visits                                                                              36,010

HEAD 13 – PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

PROGRAMME 041– NATIONAL DEFENCE AND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS 
Sub-programme 0043–    Barbados Defence Force13,980,026
PROGRAMME 166–    RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
Sub-programme 0181–    Rural Development Commission2,596,291
PROGRAMME 276–   CULTURE 
Sub-programme 0298–    National Cultural Foundation5,000,000
PROGRAMME 332– DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM  POTENTIAL 
Sub-programme 0347–    Barbados Tourism Investment Inc.33,500,000
PROGRAMME 425– PROMOTION OF SPORTING  ACHIEVEMENT & FITNESS 
Sub-programme 0489–    Kensington Oval Management Inc.1,000,000

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 15 – CABINET OFFICE

PROGRAMME 020 Sub-programme 0020JUDICIARYJudges    302,834
PROGRAMME 070–    CABINET SECRETARIAT 
Sub-programme 7020– General Management and Coordination Services  1,350,675

HEAD 27 – MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT

PROGRAMME 040– DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7060– General Management and Coordination Services  2,500,000
PROGRAMME 332– DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM POTENTIAL 
Sub-programme 0353–    Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.7,000,000
PROGRAMME 333–   INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT 
Sub-programme 7065– General Management and Coordination Services  6,496,552

HEAD 31 – MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PROGRAMME 040       –    DIRECTION AND POLICY

FORMULATION SERVICES

Sub-programme 0320    –    Public Sector Modernisation Programme        4,804,277

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 31 – MINISTRY OF INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND SMART TECHNOLOGY – (Conc’ld)

PROGRAMME 084       –    ESTABLISHMENT OF A GOVTECH  AGENCY

Sub-programme 0311    –    Gov Tech Barbados Ltd.                                                      581,093

HEAD 32 – MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE

PROGRAMME 330       –    DIRECTION FORMULATION AND

IMPLEMENTATION OF FOREIGN POLICY

Sub-programme 7080    –    General Management, Coordination

and Overseas Missions                                                                           600,000

HEAD 33 – MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7070–    General Management and Coordination Services  93,638
Sub-programme 7156–    General Management and Coordination Services  5,151,174
PROGRAMME 167–    NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0180–    Meteorological Department Services182,000
PROGRAMME 201–    IMMIGRATION REGULATORY SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0202–    Immigration Department3,976,857

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 33 – MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION

– (Conc’ld)

PROGRAMME 243       –    CORRECTIVE AND

REHABILITATION SERVICES

Sub-programme 0252    –    Prison Department                                                644,243

HEAD 34 – MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENT

PROGRAMME 002–    FINANCIAL CONTROL AND TREASURY MANAGEMENT 
Sub-programme 0131–    Accountant General’s Office3,792,813
PROGRAMME 113 Sub-programme 0133REVENUE COLLECTIONCustoms    1,034,800
Sub-programme 0185–    Barbados Revenue Authority3,781,654
PROGRAMME 119–    LENDING 
Sub-programme 0141–    Loans and Advances260,000

HEAD 35 – MINISTRY OF PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT AND ELDER AFFAIRS

PROGRAMME 423–    PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY PROGRAM 
Sub-programme 0427–    Welfare Department6,000,000
PROGRAMME 634–    POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND REDUCTION PROGRAMME 
Sub-programme 0464–    One Family Program531,620

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 81 – MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, WORKS AND WATER RESOURCES

PROGRAMME 510 Sub-programme 0511ROAD NETWORKS SERVICESHighway Construction and 
 Maintenance Services30,000,000
Sub-programme 0530–    IDB Road Rehabilitation and Improving Connectivity  3,501,174
PROGRAMME 517–    TRANSPORT 
Sub-programme 0527–    Transport Board (Subsidy)24,138,894
Sub-programme 0543–    United Commercial 
 Autoworks Ltd. (UCAL)4,000,000
PROGRAMME 518–    BARBADOS WATER AUTHORITY 
Sub-programme 0542–    Barbados Water Authority17,024,161

HEAD 82 – MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATIONAL BEAUTIFICATION

PROGRAMME 400–    ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH  SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0372–    Sanitation Services Authority1,974,064
PROGRAMME 650–    PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT 
Sub-programme 0386–    National Conservation Commission5,527,714

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 83 – MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY

PROGRAMME 160–    MEASURES TO STIMULATE INCREASED CROP PRODUCTION 
Sub-programme 0636–    Barbados Agricultural Development Marketing Corporation  10,813,022
Sub-programme 0637–    Barbados Agricultural Management Company  43,398,989
PROGRAMME 164–    GENERAL SUPPORT SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0178–    Incentives and Other Subsidies2,923,558

HEAD 86 – MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7045–    General Management and Coordination Services  3,085,748
PROGRAMME 361–    HOSPITAL SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0375–    Queen Elizabeth Hospital5,581,041
Sub-programme 0377–    Psychiatric Hospital1,782,650
PROGRAMME 363–    PHARMACEUTICAL PROGRAM 
Sub-programme 0383–    Drug Service2,000,000

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 87 – MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7100–    General Management and Coordination Services  2,792,456
PROGRAMME 271–    BASIC EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
Sub-programme 0277–    Primary Education Domestic Programme  979,400
Sub-programme 0280–    Skills for the Future1,143,460
Sub-programme 0571–    Nursery and Primary Schools4,209,137
PROGRAMME 275–    SPECIAL SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0294–     School Meals Department534,600

HEAD 91 – MINISTRY OF YOUTH, SPORTS AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

PROGRAMME 277–     YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS 
Sub-programme 0563–     Sports Development Unit6,851,491
Sub-programme 0567–     Barbados Youth Service8,000,000

Schedule – (Concl’d)

PART II – (Concl’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Concl’d)

HEAD 92 – MINISTRY OF ENERGY, SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

PROGRAMME 114      –     ENERGY AND NATURAL

RESOURCES

Sub-programme 0454   –     National Petroleum Corporation (NPC)                                               18,605,092

HEAD 93 – MINISTRY OF HOUSING, LANDS AND MAINTENANCE

PROGRAMME 040–     DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0531–     Housing Planning Unit2,600,000
PROGRAMME 520–     HOUSING PROGRAMME 
Sub-programme 0533–     National Housing Corporation14,496,847
PROGRAMME 522–     LAND AND PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME 
Sub-programme 0537–     Acquistion4,436,820
Sub-programme 0539–     Property Management16,932,155
PROGRAMME 523–     PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICE  PROGRAMME 
Sub-programme 0540–     Office Accommodation675,000

Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of        , 2025.

Speaker

Read three times and passed the Senate this               day of

, 2025.

President

FINAL APPROPRIATION (2024-2025) ACT, 2025

OBJECTS AND REASONS

This Bill would grant out of the Consolidated Fund the sum of $730,938,983 and appropriate the same for the services of the Island for the Financial Year that ended 31st March, 2025.

FINAL APPROPRIATION (2024-2025) ACT, 2025

Arrangement of Sections

  1. Short title

SCHEDULE

Abstracts of the Appropriation Grants

BARBADOS

A Bill entitled

An Act to grant an additional sum of money out of the Consolidated Fund and to appropriate the same for the services of the Island for the Financial Year that ended 31st  March, 2025.

WHEREAS the sum of money granted out of the Consolidated Fund by the Appropriation Act, 2024 for the services of the Island for the Financial Year that ended 31st March, 2025 has proved insufficient to meet the demands for such services;

AND WHEREAS certain Resolutions were passed during the Financial Year that ended 31st March, 2025 granting additional sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of that year, and it is deemed expedient to appropriate the same in the manner hereinafter mentioned;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of Barbados as follows:

Short title

1.

2025.

This Act may be cited as the Final Appropriation (2024-2025)   Act,

Supplementary grant of $730,938,983

  • The Accountant General may, on the warrant of the Minister or some

person authorised by the Minister in writing, issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply for making good the sums granted for the supply of services for the year that ended 31st March, 2025, the sum of seven hundred and thirty million, nine hundred and thirty-eight thousand, nine hundred and eighty-three dollars.

Date on which grant took effect

  • The sum granted by this Act shall be deemed to have been granted on

the 1st April, 2024 in addition to the sum granted by the Appropriation Act, 2024.

Appropriation of sum granted

  • The sum granted by this Act out of the Consolidated Fund for making

good the sums granted for the purpose specified in section 2 shall be deemed to have been appropriated from 1st April, 2024 for the purposes specified in the Schedule.

 SCHEDULE PART I 
 (Section 4)
ABSTRACTS OF THE APPROPRIATION GRANTS 
ServiceAppropriated for 2024-2025
 $
10.Office of the President10,216
12.Parliament2,413,126
13.Prime Minister’s Office126,160,459
17.Ombudsman15,000
27.Ministry of Tourism and International Transport13,020,613
30.Office of the Attorney General12,761,846
31.Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology54,293,669
32.Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade5,920,778
33.Ministry of Home Affairs and Information22,459,917
34.Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment87,569,115
35.Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs31,854,167
40.Ministry of Transport and Works19,154,094
82.Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification50,734,063
83.Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security34,833,438
84.Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector60,000,000
86.Ministry of Health and Wellness95,485,777
87.Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training50,850,512
 C/F667,536,790

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART I – (Concl’d)

ABSTRACTS OF THE APPROPRIATION GRANTS – (Cont’d)

Service

Appropriated for 2024-2025

$

 B/F667,536,790
91.Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment16,742,238
92.Ministry of Energy and Business8,401,637
93.Ministry of Housing, Lands and Maintenance38,258,318
  730,938,983

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II CURRENT AND CAPITAL

HEAD 10 – OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

PROGRAMME 001   Sub-programme 0001OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT   Office of the President    10,216
HEAD 12 – PARLIAMENT  
PROGRAMME 030–   PARLIAMENT 
Sub-programme 0030– Management Commission of Parliament  2,186,572
Sub-programme 0031– Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and Exchange Visits  226,554
  HEAD 13 – PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
PROGRAMME 040– DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7000– General Management and Coordination Services  138,893
Sub-programme 0041–    Prime Minister’s Official Residence126,081
Sub-programme 0144–   Planning and Development Department157,765
PROGRAMME 041– NATIONAL DEFENCE AND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS 
Sub-programme 0042–    National Security744,835

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II CURRENT AND CAPITAL

HEAD 13 – PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE – (Concl’d)

PROGRAMME 045 Sub-programme 0035NATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONOffice of Reform and Social Ministries    28,911
Sub-programme 0043–    Barbados Defence Force2,300,000
PROGRAMME 166–    RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
Sub-programme 0181–    Rural Development Commission7,000,000
PROGRAMME 276–   CULTURE 
Sub-programme 0298–    National Cultural Foundation14,000,000
PROGRAMME 332– DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM  POTENTIAL 
Sub-programme 0347–    Barbados Tourism Investment Inc.83,613,112
PROGRAMME 337– INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND FACILITATION 
Sub-programme 7083–    Invest Barbados3,000,000
PROGRAMME 518–    BARBADOS WATER AUTHORITY 
Sub-programme 0542–    Barbados Water Authority8,000,000
PROGRAMME 631–    URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
Sub-programme 0534–    Urban Development Commission7,000,000
PROGRAMME 650– PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION  OF  THE  TERRESTRIAL  AND    MARINE ENVIRONMENT 
Sub-programme 0193–    Roofs to Reefs50,862

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 17 – OMBUDSMAN

PROGRAMME 090     –    INVESTIGATIONS OF

COMPLAINTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

Sub-programme 0090    –   Ombudsman                                                      15,000

HEAD 27 – MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT

PROGRAMME 332– DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM  POTENTIAL 
Sub-programme 0343–    Barbados Conference Services Limited.9,511,821
PROGRAMME 333–   INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT 
Sub-programme 7065– General Management and Coordination Services  1,000,000
PROGRAMME 334–    REGULATION OF AIR SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0339–   Barbados Civil Aviation Authority2,508,792

HEAD 30 –  ATTORNEY GENERAL

PROGRAMME 244–    POLICE SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0255–    Police Headquarters and Management4,383,189
Sub-programme 0256–    General Police Services8,041,377
Sub-programme 0257–    Regional Police Training Centre70,000
Sub-programme 0258–    Police Band267,280

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 31 – MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY

PROGRAMME 040       –    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION

SERVICES

Sub-programme 0320    –    Public Sector Modernisation Programme                                         2,883,104 Sub-programme 7157                           –                                         General Management and Coordination

Services                                                                  56,015

PROGRAMME 043       –    APPLICATION OF MODERN INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

Sub-programme 0036    –    Cyber Security                                                       50,625

Sub-programme 0087    –    Shared Services                                         10,225,533 PROGRAMME 084                         –                                         ESTABLISHMENT OF A GOVTECH

AGENCY

Sub-programme 0311    –    GovTech Barbados Ltd.                                         17,000,000 PROGRAMME 460                         –                                         INVESTMENT, INDUSTRIAL AND

EXPORT DEVELOPMENT

Sub-programme 0462    –    Barbados Investment and Development

Corporation                                                       24,078,392

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 32 – MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE

PROGRAMME 330       –    DIRECTION, FORMULATION AND

IMPLEMENTATION OF FOREIGN POLICY

Sub-programme 7080    –    General Management, Coordination

Sevices and Overseas Missions                                         3,008,990 Sub-programme 7081                           –                                         Foreign Trade                                         1,651,012

Sub-programme 0065    –    Overseas Missions New York                                                       532,086

Sub-programme 0067    –    Overseas Missions Toronto                                         293,804

Sub-programme 0068    –    Overseas Missions Miami                                         434,886

HEAD 33 – MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7156–    General Management and Coordination Services  21,401,526
PROGRAMME 243–    CORRECTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0252–    Prison Department1,058,391

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 34 – MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENT

PROGRAMME 002–    FINANCIAL CONTROL AND TREASURY MANAGEMENT 
Sub-programme 0131–    Accountant General’s Office4,837,343
PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7010–    General Management and Coordination Services  5,961,132
Sub-programme 0022–    Contingencies53,271,701
PROGRAMME 113–    REVENUE COLLECTION 
Sub-programme 0133–    Customs8,102,965
PROGRAMME 119–    LENDING 
Sub-programme 0141–    Loans and Advances395,974
PROGRAMME 124–    BARBADOS EMPLOYMENT AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION  (BEST) PLAN 
Sub-programme 0576–    Enterprise Growth Fund Ltd (EGFL) Fund Managers  15,000,000

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 35 – MINISTRY OF PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT AND ELDER AFFAIRS

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7155–    General Management and Coordination Services  85,000
PROGRAMME 278–    FAMILY 
Sub-programme 0564–    Family Affairs644,700
PROGRAMME 423–    PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES DELIVERY PROGRAM 
Sub-programme 0427–    Welfare Department3,367,843
Sub-programme 0428–    National Assistance Board23,355,300
PROGRAMME 633–    SOCIAL POLICY, RESEARCH  AND PLANNING 
Sub-programme 0439–    Bureau of Social Planning and Research1,202,682
PROGRAMME 635–    DISASTER SOCIAL RESPONSE AND  RELIEF 
Sub-programme 0488–    Resilience and Reintegration Unit3,198,642

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 40 – MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND WORKS

PROGRAMME 517       –    TRANSPORT

Sub-programme 0527    –    Transport Board (Subsidy)                                         19,154,094

HEAD 82 – MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATIONAL BEAUTIFICATION

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7158–    General Management and Coordination Services  1,020,180
PROGRAMME 400–    ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH  SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0372–    Sanitation Service Authority35,157,422
PROGRAMME 650–    PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT 
Sub-programme 0117–    National Clean-Up Program539,461
Sub-programme 0386–    National Conservation Commission12,000,000
Sub-programme 0409–    Policy Research, Planning and Information Unit  800,000
Sub-programme 0411–    Environmental Protection Department1,217,000

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 83 – MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7055–     General Management and Coordination Services  2,500,000
PROGRAMME 160–    MEASURES TO STIMULATE INCREASED CROP PRODUCTION 
Sub-programme 0636–     Barbados Agricultural Development Marketing Company  17,400,000
Sub-programme 0637–     Barbados Agricultural Management Company  2,140,272
PROGRAMME 162–    RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION 
Sub-programme 0170–     Veterinary Services765,847
PROGRAMME 164–    GENERAL SUPPORT SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0178–     Incentives and Other Subsidies12,027,319

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 84 – MINISTRY OF LABOUR, SOCIAL SECURITY AND THIRD SECTOR

PROGRAMME 120       –    OPERATIONS OF NATIONAL INSURANCE

AND SOCIAL SECURITY SERVICE

Sub-programme 0142    –    National Insurance Department                                         55,000,000 Sub-programme 0560                          –                                         Catastrophe Fund                                         5,000,000

HEAD 86 – MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7045–    General Management and Coordination Services  3,116,781
Sub-programme 0361–    Technical Management Services381,000
Sub-programme 0378–    Procurement for QEH (EIB)17,238,578
PROGRAMME 360–    PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0363–    Laboratory Services58,000
Sub-programme 0365–    Nutrition Services33,900
Sub-programme 0406–    Winston Scott Polyclinic425,730
Sub-programme 0407–    Eunice Gibson Polyclinic16,200
Sub-programme 0414–    Branford Taitt Polyclinic189,540

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 86 – MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS – (Concl’d)

PROGRAMME 361–    HOSPITAL SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0375–    Queen Elizabeth Hospital68,785,604
Sub-programme 0376–    Emergency Ambulance Service65,828
Sub-programme 0377–    Psychiatric Hospital287,864
Sub-programme 0380–    QEH Medical Aid Scheme1,233,000
PROGRAMME 363–    PHARMACEUTICAL PROGRAM 
Sub-programme 0383–    Drug Service3,000,000
PROGRAMME 364–    CARE OF THE ELDERLY 
Sub-programme 0446–    Geriatric District Hospital318,500
Sub-programme 0447–    St. Philip District Hospital125,000
Sub-programme 0449–    St. Lucy District Hospital96,582
PROGRAMME 400–    ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0451–    Environmental Health Department113,670

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 87 – MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

PROGRAMME 040–    DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0313–    Change Management Unit5,216,953
Sub-programme 7100–    General Management and Coordination Services  1,283,406
PROGRAMME 270–    TEACHER TRAINING 
Sub-programme 0272–    Erdiston College600,000
PROGRAMME 271–    BASIC EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
Sub-programme 0277–    Primary Education Domestic Program  5,317,830
Sub-programme 0571–    Nursery and Primary Schools16,393,146
PROGRAMME 272–    SECONDARY 
Sub-programme 0640–    Alexandra School238,116
Sub-programme 0642–    Alma Parris Memorial School491,282
Sub-programme 0644–    Coleridge and Parry246,000
Sub-programme 0646–    Deighton Griffith School140,447
Sub-programme 0647–    Ellerslie Secondary School126,435

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 87 – MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING – (Concl’d)

Sub-programme 0648–    Graydon Sealy Secondary School10,000,000
Sub-programme 0651–    Lester Vaughan School171,378
Sub-programme 0652–    Lodge School381,562
Sub-programme 0653–    Parkinson Memorial School1,983,334
Sub-programme 0655–    Queen’s College145,000
Sub-programme 0657–    Frederick Smith Secondary School312,024
Sub-programme 0659–    Daryll Jordan Secondary School2,013,274
PROGRAMME 273–    TERTIARY 
Sub-programme 0285–     Barbados Community College2,173,435
PROGRAMME 275–     SPECIAL SERVICES 
Sub-programme 0292–     Transport of Pupils2,837,890
Sub-programme 0294–     School Meals Department779,000

Schedule – (Cont’d)

PART II – (Cont’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Cont’d)

HEAD 91 – MINISTRY OF YOUTH, SPORTS AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

PROGRAMME 277 Sub-programme 0563YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTSSports Development Unit    1,742,238
PROGRAMME 425–     PROMOTION OF SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT 
Sub-programme 0432–     National Sports Council15,000,000

HEAD 92 – MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND BUSINESS

PROGRAMME 040–     DIRECTION AND POLICY FORMULATION SERVICES 
Sub-programme 7040–     General Management and Coordination Services  5,500
Sub-programme 0490–     International Business and Financial Services  49,300
PROGRAMME 128–     MICRO ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT 
Sub-programme 0157–     Barbados Agency for Micro Enterprise Development (Fund Access)  6,000,000
Sub-programme 0162–     Trust Loan Funds Ltd2,000,000
PROGRAMME 463–     UTILITIES REGULATION 
Sub-programme 0468–     Fair Trading Commission346,837

Schedule – (Concl’d)

PART II – (Concl’d) CURRENT AND CAPITAL – (Concl’d)

HEAD 93 – MINISTRY OF HOUSING, LANDS AND MAINTENANCE

PROGRAMME 522–     LAND AND PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
Sub-programme 0537–     Acquisitions25,371,368
Sub-programme 0539–     Property Management12,886,950

Read three times and passed the House of Assembly this day of        , 2025.

Speaker

Read three times and passed the Senate this               day of

, 2025.

President

S.I. 2025 No. 142

Road Traffic Act CAP. 295

ROAD TRAFFIC (APPROVED GARAGES) (DESIGNATION) ORDER, 2025

The Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3(3) of the Road Traffic Act, makes the following Order:

  1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Approved Garages)

(Designation) Order, 2025.

2.(1)

garages:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

(k)

The following privately owned garages are designated as   approved

A & H Motors Inc.;

ANSA Motors (Barbados) Ltd.;

Caribbean Automotive Retailers (Barbados) Inc.; Car Zone Inc.;

Courtesy Garage Limited; Drive-a-Matic Limited;

F & B Automotive Art Inc.; Inchcape (Barbados) Inc.; Jones Garage Limited; NASSCO Limited; and

United Commercial Autoworks Ltd. (UCAL).

  • The garages set out in subparagraph (1) are authorized to inspect and

examine

(a)

(b)

private motor vehicles which are 10 years old or older; and used commercial motor vehicles,

in order to determine the road worthiness of the motor vehicles and to issue certificates.

3.(1)

The approved garages listed at paragraph 2(1) are not authorized   to

inspect and examine any motor vehicles which have

  • had modification to the chassis, frame or unibody design;
    • had any factory-installed safety systems, including
      • the adaptive cruise control;
      • the advanced driver assistance;
      • the airbags;
      • the anti-lock braking system;
      • the electronic stability control; or
      • the traction control,

altered, bypassed, removed, or tampered with;

  • had the catalytic converters, emission control systems, diesel exhaust fluid, diesel particulate filter or exhaust gas recirculation systems removed, deactivated or bypassed;
    • had aftermarket turbochargers, superchargers, or nitrous oxide systems installed which were not factory-approved by the original equipment manufacturer;
    • had lift kits or lowering kits that exceed the original equipment manufacturer’s tolerances and that alter the original suspension

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(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

(k)

(l)

(m)

(n)

geometry of the motor vehicle beyond the specification of the manufacturer;

had retrofitted non-approved steering components, including aftermarket steering wheels without airbags;

had retrofitted non-approved braking systems, brake line rerouting or non-original equipment manufacture brake boosters;

been converted from a gasoline or diesel vehicle to an electric vehicle without Barbados National Standards Institution type approval;

been converted from an electric vehicle to a gasoline or diesel vehicle without Barbados National Standards Institution type approval;

had retrofitted oversized tyres or rims that exceed the original equipment manufacturer’s approved diameter tolerances;

had retrofitted lighting systems that are not the original equipment manufacturer’s specification, including HID/LED conversions that are not homologated by the original equipment manufacturer;

had the VIN, VIN plate stamping or chassis plate relocated or removed;

had unauthorized sirens or red or blue emergency light bars installed; and

been modified in such a way that interferes with the original equipment manufacturer’s crash-worthiness, occupant protection, pedestrian safety or fire suppression design.

(2)     In subparagraph (2),

“HID” means high intensity discharge; “LED” means light emitting diode;

“VIN” means vehicle identification number.

Made by the Minister this 18th day of November, 2025.

S. BRADSHAW Minister responsible for Transport

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