Gazette March 31, 2026 Part A VOL. CLXI No. 41 with Res., Act & S.Is

Mar 31, 2026 | Acts, Part A, Resolutions, Statutory Instruments (SI's)

PART A

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — 31ST MARCH, 2026
VOL. CLXI No. 41

CONTENTS

Resolutions

  • No. 6/2026 for the sum of $279,767,433 (pp. 2–13)
  • No. 7/2026 for the sum of $282,695,065 (pp. 14–17)
  • No. 8/2026 for the sum of $52,651,627 (pp. 18–20)

Act

  • Act 2026-5: Appropriation Act, 2026

Statutory Instruments

  • S.I. 2026 No. 52: Road Traffic (Barbados Rally Club, “BRC Test Event”) Directions, 2026
  • S.I. 2026 No. 53: Miscellaneous Controls (Control of Prices) (General) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2026

RESOLUTION NO. 6/2026

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

RESOLVED that the sum of TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS be granted from the Consolidated Fund and be placed at the disposal of the Government to supplement the Estimates 2025–2026 as shown in the Supplementary Estimates No. 1, 2025–2026 which form the Schedule to this Resolution.

Dated: 2026-03-18
A. HOLDER
Speaker

SCHEDULE

Supplementary Estimates 2025–2026 No. 1

HEAD 11 — MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SERVICE

Program 050: Public Service

  • Subprogram 0079: Policy and Staffing (110500079)
    Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 32,750
    • Supplementary: 383,100
  • Subprogram 7025: General Management and Coordination Services
    Professional Services:
    • Approved: 227,500
    • Supplementary: 2,966,100

HEAD 12 — PARLIAMENT

Program 030: Parliament

  • Subprogram 0030: Management Commission of Parliament (120300030)
    • Operating Expenses: 2,563,806
    • Capital Grants to Public Institutions:
      • Approved: 1,585,000
      • Supplementary: 4,172,939

HEAD 13 — PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

Program 041: National Defence and Security Preparedness

  • Subprogram 0043: Barbados Defence Force (130410043)
    Capital Grants to Public Institutions:
    • Approved: 12,154,657
    • Supplementary: 31,132,453
  • Subprogram 0101: Anti-Corruption Unit (130410101)
    Grants to Public Institutions:
    • Approved: 3,620,000
    • Supplementary: 217,889

Program 276: Culture

  • Subprogram 0208: CARIFESTA (132760208)
    Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 4,000,000
    • Supplementary: 31,741,811
  • Subprogram 7005: General Management & Coordination Services (132767005)
    Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 3,899,559
    • Supplementary: 710,500

HEAD 14 — MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Program 040: Direction and Policy Formulation Services

  • Subprogram 7010: General Management & Coordination Services (140407010)
    • Maintenance of Property:
      • Approved: 6,427,545
      • Supplementary: 896,802
    • Professional Services:
      • Approved: 7,154,408
      • Supplementary: 1,239,300
  • Subprogram 0022: Contingencies (140400022)
    • Approved: 500,000
    • Supplementary: 7,500,000

HEAD 14 — MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Cont’d)

Program 119: Lending

  • Subprogram 0141: Loans and Advances (141190141)
    • Advances to Public Officers:
      • Approved: 725,000
      • Supplementary: 119,275

HEAD 15 — THE CABINET OFFICE

  • Electoral and Boundaries Commission (150710073)
    Other Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 295,850
    • Supplementary: 2,000,000
  • Cabinet Secretariat — General Management (150707020)
    Machinery and Equipment:
    • Approved: 84,478
    • Supplementary: 143,383
  • Office of the Head of the Public Service — Mission Transformation (150720222)
    Professional Services:
    • Approved: 723,014
    • Supplementary: 400,000

HEAD 27 — MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT

Program 333: International Transport

  • General Management:
    • Grants to Public Institutions: 1,380,000
    • Grants to Public Institutions: 16,482,049

Program 335: Air Transport Infrastructure

  • Department of Air Navigation Services (273350341):
    • Professional Services:
      • Approved: 2,114,000
      • Supplementary: 807,026
    • Machinery and Equipment:
      • Approved: 758,000
      • Supplementary: 3,958,500

Program 336: Development of Maritime Facilities

  • Regional Shipping Services Development (273360342):
    • Professional Services:
      • Approved: 545,299
      • Supplementary: 67,328

HEAD 29 — OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

Program 230: Administration of Justice

  • Subprogram 0230: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (292300230)
    Vehicles:
    • Approved: 50,000
    • Supplementary: 157,926

HEAD 30 — THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Program 040: Direction and Policy Formulation Services

  • Subprogram 0240: Forensic Services (300400240)
    • Maintenance of Property:
      • Approved: 180,525
      • Supplementary: 612,000
    • Machinery and Equipment:
      • Approved: 1,380,000
      • Supplementary: 2,389,016

Subprogram 7075: General Management and Coordination Services (300407075)

  • Supplies and Materials:
    • Approved: 178,442
    • Supplementary: 35,793
  • Maintenance of Property:
    • Approved: 292,611
    • Supplementary: 1,820
  • Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 959,936
    • Supplementary: 492,514
  • Professional Services:
    • Approved: 1,571,358
    • Supplementary: 296,514
  • Subscriptions:
    • Approved: 1,577,323
    • Supplementary: 86,868
  • Machinery and Equipment:
    • Approved: 50,200
    • Supplementary: 22,170
  • Vehicles:
    • Approved: —
    • Supplementary: 84,590

Program 240: Legal Services

  • Subprogram 0246: Parliamentary Counsel Services (302400246)
    Professional Services:
    • Approved: 1,100,000
    • Supplementary: 371,300

Program 241: Legal Registration Services

  • Subprogram 0247: Registration Department (302410247)
    Maintenance of Property:
    • Approved: 2,738,926
    • Supplementary: 525,717

Program 242: Administration of Justice

  • Subprogram 0248: Supreme Court (302420248)
    • Buildings:
      • Approved: —
      • Supplementary: 1,185,000
    • Machinery and Equipment:
      • Approved: 531,979
      • Supplementary: 965,204
    • Furniture and Fixtures:
      • Approved: 39,000
      • Supplementary: 315,000
    • Computer Software:
      • Approved: 30,000
      • Supplementary: 1,158,000

Program 244: Police Services

  • Subprogram 0255: Police Headquarters (302440255)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 2,413,729
      • Supplementary: 600,000
    • Travel:
      • Approved: 833,000
      • Supplementary: 100,000
    • Computer Software:
      • Approved: 4,301,578
      • Supplementary: 345,100
  • Subprogram 0256: General Police Services (302440256)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 25,820,652
      • Supplementary: 2,096,065
    • Utilities:
      • Approved: 4,481,358
      • Supplementary: 4,681,718
    • Supplies and Materials:
      • Approved: 1,577,648
      • Supplementary: 200,000
    • Operating Expenses:
      • Approved: 4,601,739
      • Supplementary: 2,310,769
  • Subprogram 0257: Regional Police Training Centre (302440257)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 100,985
      • Supplementary: 60,000
    • Operating Expenses:
      • Approved: 699,500
      • Supplementary: 250,000
    • Professional Services:
      • Approved: 70,000
      • Supplementary: 175,000
  • Subprogram 0258: Police Band (302440258)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 238,368
      • Supplementary: 280,000

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

Program 040: Direction and Policy Formulation

  • Subprogram 0471: Support for Private Sector Trade Teams (310400471)
    Grants to Non-Profit Organisations:
    • Approved: 88,000
    • Supplementary: 88,000

Program 043: Application of Modern Information Technology

  • Subprogram 0392: Digital Infrastructure (310430392)
    Machinery and Equipment:
    • Approved: 2,181,025
    • Supplementary: 5,458,037

Program 084: Establishment of GovTech

  • Subprogram 0311: Establishment of GovTech Agency (310840311)
    • Grants to Non-Profit Organisations:
      • Approved: 8,231,281
      • Supplementary: 5,342,720
    • Grants to Public Institutions:
      • Supplementary: 5,000,000

Program 460: Investment, Industrial and Export Development

  • Subprogram 0462: Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (314600462)
    • Grants to Non-Profit Organisations:
      • Approved: 6,852,253
      • Supplementary: 2,481,814
    • Grants to Public Institutions:
      • Approved: 4,352,253
      • Supplementary: 11,946,802

HEAD 32 — MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE

Program 330: Direction, Formulation and Implementation of Foreign Policy

  • Subprogram 7080: General Management, Coordination and Overseas Missions (323307080)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 378,771
      • Supplementary: 215,000
    • Operating Expenses:
      • Approved: 1,333,740
      • Supplementary: 1,546,963

Overseas Missions (Selected)
(All under Account Code 102 – Other Personal Emoluments)

  • United Kingdom: 1,717,988 → 215,810
  • Washington D.C.: 1,983,633 → 296,170
  • Canada: 903,781 → 90,180
  • Brussels: 1,155,452 → 175,000
  • Venezuela: 477,827 → 91,910
  • Toronto: 1,054,386 → 145,495
  • Miami: 1,780,361 → 87,305
  • Brazil: 557,549 → 46,120
  • China: 786,061 → 102,200
  • Cuba: 499,066 → 48,485
  • Panama: 802,134 → 61,965
  • Ghana: 1,073,262 → 146,470
  • UAE: 716,961 → 133,040
  • Ireland: 1,313,898 → 66,870

HEAD 33 — MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND INFORMATION

Program 040: Direction and Policy Formulation

  • Subprogram 0200: Subscriptions and Contributions (330400200)
    Subscriptions:
    • Approved: 526,517
    • Supplementary: 261,162
  • Subprogram 0241: National Council on Substance Abuse (330400241)
    Grants to Public Institutions:
    • Approved: 2,935,723
    • Supplementary: 100,000
  • Subprogram 7156: General Management and Coordination Services (330407156)
    Grants to Public Institutions:
    • Supplementary: 9,435,328

Program 167: National Meteorological Services

  • Subprogram 0180: Meteorological Department Services (331670180)
    Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 263,000
    • Supplementary: 530,000

Program 200: National Emergency Preparedness

  • Subprogram 0206: Department of Emergency Management (332000206)
    Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 1,729,133
    • Supplementary: 2,085,625

Program 243: Corrective & Rehabilitative Services

  • Subprogram 0252: Prisons Department (332430252)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 2,996,133
      • Supplementary: 662,058
    • Machinery and Equipment:
      • Approved: 565,892
      • Supplementary: 3,146,771

HEAD 35 — MINISTRY OF PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT AND ELDER AFFAIRS

Program 423: Personal Social Delivery Program

  • Subprogram 0427: Welfare Department (354230427)
    • Employers Contributions:
      • Approved: 83,153
      • Supplementary: 267,843
    • Subsidies:
      • Approved: 4,000,000
      • Supplementary: 1,580,000
  • Subprogram 0435: National Disability Unit (354230435)
    • Operating Expenses:
      • Approved: 261,175
      • Supplementary: 300,000
    • Grants to Non-Profit Organisations:
      • Approved: 525,000
      • Supplementary: 75,000
    • Vehicles:
      • Supplementary: 62,000
  • Subprogram 0594: Social Empowerment Agency (354230594)
    Grants to Public Institutions:
    • Approved: 100
    • Supplementary: 6,648,000

HEAD 40 — MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND WORKS

Program 510: Road Networks Services

  • Subprogram 0495: Tenantry Roads (405100495)
    Assets Under Construction:
    • Approved: 5,700,000
    • Supplementary: 1,000,000
  • Subprogram 0498: Road Rehabilitation (405100498)
    Assets Under Construction:
    • Approved: 13,000,000
    • Supplementary: 8,730,000
  • Subprogram 0511: Highway Construction & Maintenance Services (405100511)
    • Maintenance of Property:
      • Approved: 13,930,560
      • Supplementary: 10,035,000
    • Assets Under Construction:
      • Approved: 13,695,580
      • Supplementary: 16,714,569
  • Subprogram 0513: Residential Roads Construction (405100513)
    Assets Under Construction:
    • Approved: 3,000,000
    • Supplementary: 5,000,000

Program 514: Government Vehicles Services

  • Subprogram 0520: Purchase of General Purpose Equipment (405140520)
    Machinery and Equipment:
    • Approved: 448,000
    • Supplementary: 3,974,100

Program 515: Electrical Engineering Services

  • Subprogram 0521: Government Electrical Engineering Department (405150521)
    Machinery and Equipment:
    • Approved: 240,000
    • Supplementary: 6,565,000

Program 517: Transport

  • Subprogram 0527: Transport Board Subsidy (405170527)
    Subsidies:
    • Approved: 12,167,000
    • Supplementary: 11,967,188

HEAD 82 — MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATIONAL BEAUTIFICATION

Program 163: Fisheries Management and Development

  • Subprogram 0158: Beryl Emergency Response and Recovery Project (821630158)
    • Rental of Property: 50,000
    • Supplies and Materials: 20,000
    • Professional Services: 250,000
    • Assets Under Construction: 9,668,223

Program 400: Environmental Health Services

  • Subprogram 0372: Sanitation Service Authority (824000372)
    • Grants to Public Institutions: 9,267,762
    • Capital Grants to Public Institutions: 5,995,819

Program 650: Preservation and Conservation

  • Subprogram 7095: General Management and Coordination Services (826507095)
    Other Personal Emoluments:
    • Approved: 182,393
    • Supplementary: 600,000

Program 651: Primary Environmental Care Services

  • Subprogram 0411: Environmental Protection Department (826510411)
    Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 344,626
    • Supplementary: 2,088,000

RESOLUTION NO. 7/2026

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

RESOLVED that the sum of TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND AND SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS be granted from the Consolidated Fund and be placed at the disposal of the Government to supplement the Estimates 2025–2026 as shown in the Supplementary Estimates No. 2, 2025–2026 which form the Schedule to this Resolution.

Dated: 2026-03-18
A. HOLDER
Speaker

SCHEDULE

Supplementary Estimates 2025–2026 No. 2

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

Program 084: Establishment of a GovTech Agency

  • Subprogram 0311: Establishment of GovTech Agency (310840311)
    • Grants to Public Institutions:
      • Approved: 2,738,000
      • Supplementary: 1,524,000

Program 460: Investment, Industrial and Export Development

Supplementary: 2,000,000

HEAD 83 — MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SECURITY

Subprogram 0462: Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (314600462)

Grants to Public Institutions:

Approved: 4,352,253

Program 160: Measures to Stimulate Increased Crop Production

  • Subprogram 0637: Barbados Agricultural Management Company (831600637)
    Grants to Public Institutions:
    • Supplementary: 12,140,272

Program 164: General Support Services

  • Subprogram 0178: Incentives and Other Subsidies (831640178)
    Grants to Individuals:
    • Approved: 200,000
    • Supplementary: 10,781,355

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

Program 040: Direction and Policy Formulation

  • Subprogram 0156: Secretariat for Social Partnerships (840400156)
    Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 100,000
    • Supplementary: 169,000

Program 120: Operations of NIS & Social Security

  • Subprogram 0142: National Insurance Department (841200142)
    Grants to Individuals:
    • Supplementary: 1,696,400

Program 420: Employment and Labour Relations

  • Subprogram 0422: External Employment Services (844200422)
    Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 724,950
    • Supplementary: 221,662
  • Subprogram 0499: Employment Rights Tribunal (844200499)
    Professional Services:
    • Approved: 519,984
    • Supplementary: 210,725

HEAD 86 — MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Program 040: Direction and Policy Formulation Services

  • Subprogram 7045: General Management and Coordination Services (860407045)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 6,058,978
      • Supplementary: 2,259,920
    • National Insurance:
      • Approved: 1,514,844
      • Supplementary: 46,200
    • Supplies and Materials:
      • Approved: 814,244
      • Supplementary: 598,819
    • Professional Services:
      • Approved: 3,971,055
      • Supplementary: 1,015,000
  • Subprogram 0361: Technical Management Services (860400361)
    Maintenance of Property:
    • Approved: 1,140,000
    • Supplementary: 800,000
  • Subprogram 0052: Non-Communicable Diseases (860400052)
    Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 585,000
    • Supplementary: 1,000,000
  • Subprogram 0378: Procurement for QEH (EIB) (860400378)
    Operating Expenses:
    • Approved: 13,000,000
    • Supplementary: 4,238,579

Program 361: Hospital Services

  • Subprogram 0375: Queen Elizabeth Hospital (863610375)
    Grants to Public Institution:
    • Approved: 120,933,248
    • Supplementary: 64,933,877
  • Subprogram 0380: QEH Medical Aide Scheme (863610380)
    Grants to Public Institutions:
    • Approved: 2,000,000
    • Supplementary: 1,602,769
  • Subprogram 0377: Psychiatric Hospital (863610377)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 3,820,771
      • Supplementary: 298,745
    • Employers Contribution:
      • Approved: 2,400,321
      • Supplementary: 191,003

HEAD 91 — MINISTRY OF YOUTH, SPORTS AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

Program 425: Promotion of Sporting Achievement & Fitness

  • Subprogram 0432: National Sports Council (914250432)
    • Grants to Public Institutions: 5,852,664
    • Capital Grants to Public Institutions: 6,350,087

HEAD 93 — MINISTRY OF HOUSING, LANDS AND MAINTENANCE

Program 520: Housing Program

  • Subprogram 0533: National Housing Corporation (935200533)
    • Grants to Public Institutions:
      • Approved: 5,500,000
      • Supplementary: 4,400,000
    • Capital Grants to Public Institutions:
      • Approved: 3,000,000
      • Supplementary: 1,800,000

HEAD 94 — MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND INVESTMENT

Program 332: Development of Tourism Potential

  • Subprogram 0347: Barbados Tourism Investment Inc (943320347)
    Capital Grants to Public Institutions:
    • Approved: 43,563,366
    • Supplementary: 157,673,463

HEAD 95 — MINISTRY OF TRAINING AND TERTIARY EDUCATION

Program 081: Development of Managerial and Personnel Skills

  • Subprogram 0081: Change Management Unit (950810081)
    Professional Services:
    • Supplementary: 277,522

HEAD 96 — MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONAL TRANSFORMATION

Program 040: Direction and Policy Formation

  • Subprogram 0313: Change Management Unit (960400313)
    Professional Services:
    • Approved: 1,549,409
    • Supplementary: 1,700,000
  • Subprogram 7100: General Management and Coordination Services (960407100)
    Professional Services:
    • Approved: 1,086,939
    • Supplementary: 1,188,367

Program 271: Basic Educational Development

  • Subprogram 0278: Special Schools (962710278)
    Grants to Public Institutions:
    • Approved: 4,768,400
    • Supplementary: 250,000

Program 272: Secondary Education

  • Subprogram 0635: Oceana Innovation Hub (962720635)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 18,677
      • Supplementary: 490,636
    • Professional Services:
      • Supplementary: 200,000
  • Subprogram 0645: Combermere School (962720645)
    Property and Plant:
    • Approved: 606,000
    • Supplementary: 308,000

RESOLUTION NO. 8/2026

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

RESOLVED that the sum of FIFTY-TWO MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS be granted from the Consolidated Fund and be placed at the disposal of the Government to supplement the Estimates 2025–2026 as shown in the Supplementary Estimates No. 3.

Dated: 2026-03-31
N. ROWE
Deputy Speaker

SCHEDULE

Supplementary Estimates 2025–2026 No. 3

HEAD 13 — PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

  • Subprogram 0265: Rural and Urban Development Commission (136360265)
    Capital Grants to Public Institutions:
    • Approved: 6,127,000
    • Supplementary: 4,900,000

HEAD 14 — MINISTRY OF FINANCE

  • Accountant General’s Office (140020131):
    • Other Operating Expenses:
      • Approved: 6,295,195
      • Supplementary: 6,000,000
  • Contingencies:
    • Approved: 500,000
    • Supplementary: 7,500,000

HEAD 15 — THE CABINET OFFICE

Program 071: Constitutional and Statutory Authorities

Supplementary Provision Required: 6,069,690

Subprogram 0073: Electoral and Boundaries Commission (150710073)

Other Operating Expenses:

Approved: 295,850

Supplementary: 2,000,000

HEAD 82 — MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATIONAL BEAUTIFICATION

Program 163: Fisheries Management and Development

  • Subprogram 0173: Fisheries Services (821630173)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 35,826
      • Supplementary: 78,000

Program 164: General Support Services

  • Subprogram 0385: Markets (821640385)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 110,661
      • Supplementary: 424,000

HEAD 82 — MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATIONAL BEAUTIFICATION (Cont’d)

Program 650: Preservation and Conservation of the Terrestrial and Marine Environment

  • Subprogram 0409: Policy Research, Planning and Information Unit (826500409)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 10,151
      • Supplementary: 40,000
  • Subprogram 0411: Environmental Protection Department (826500411)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 41,196
      • Supplementary: 22,000
  • Subprogram 0555: Natural Heritage Department (826500555)
    • Other Personal Emoluments:
      • Approved: 48,580
      • Supplementary: 15,000

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

Program 120: Operations of NIS & Social Security

  • Subprogram 0142: National Insurance Department (841200142)
    • Grants to Individuals:
      • Approved: 1,696,400
      • Supplementary: 4,500,000

HEAD 93 — MINISTRY OF HOUSING, LANDS AND MAINTENANCE

Program 520: Housing Program

  • Subprogram 0533: National Housing Corporation (935200533)
    • Grants to Public Institutions:
      • Approved: 5,500,000
      • Supplementary: 3,900,000

Program 522: Land and Property Acquisition and Management Program

  • Subprogram 0537: Acquisition (935220537)
    • Acquisition:
      • Approved: 6,000,000
      • Supplementary: 1,818,876
  • Subprogram 0539: Property Management (935220539)
    • Rental of Property:
      • Approved: 49,965,000
      • Supplementary: 12,000,000
    • Maintenance of Property:
      • Approved: 10,468,150
      • Supplementary: 6,876,392

APPROPRIATION ACT, 2026-5

Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act, 2026.

Grant of $3,187,376,466

The Accountant General may, on the warrant of the Minister or a person authorised by the Minister in writing, issue out of the Consolidated Fund and apply towards making good the supply granted for the service of Barbados for the year ending 31st March, 2027, the sum of three billion, one hundred and eighty-seven million, three hundred and seventy-six thousand, four hundred and sixty-six dollars.

Appropriation

The sum referred to in section 2 is hereby appropriated for the services and purposes set out in the Schedule to this Act.

SCHEDULE

(Section 3)

ABSTRACTS OF THE APPROPRIATION GRANTS

Services

  • Office of the President — 2,402,513
  • Parliament — 17,190,950
  • Prime Minister’s Office — 354,990,210
  • Ministry of Finance — 325,935,458
  • Cabinet Office — 29,947,564
  • Ombudsman — 897,484
  • Audit — 1,770,823
  • Treasury — 54,000,000
  • Ministry of the Public Service and Talent Development — 11,018,581
  • Ministry of Tourism and International Transport — 31,072,453
  • Director of Public Prosecutions — 2,658,438
  • Attorney General — 18,508,613
  • Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology — 159,679,120
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade — 79,791,720
  • Ministry of Home Affairs and Information — 84,169,247
  • Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs — 145,694,080

Further Services

  • Ministry of Legal Affairs and Criminal Justice — 190,686,812
  • Ministry of Transport and Works — 159,875,427
  • Ministry of Energy, Business Development and Consumer Affairs — 80,825,769
  • Ministry of Public and Private Investment — 61,275,006
  • Post Office — 13,699,734
  • Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment — 63,470,918
  • Ministry of Environment, National Beautification and Fisheries — 111,433,182
  • Ministry of Technological and Vocational Training — 270,485,620
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Security — 94,252,383
  • Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector — 16,412,191
  • Ministry of Health and Wellness — 395,292,583
  • Ministry of Housing, Lands and Maintenance — 124,510,473
  • Ministry of Educational Transformation — 285,429,114

TOTAL: $3,187,376,466

S.I. 2026 No. 52

Road Traffic Act

Road Traffic (Barbados Rally Club, “BRC Test Event”) Directions, 2026

The Commissioner of Police, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 79(1) of the Road Traffic Act, Cap. 295, gives the following Directions:

1. Citation

These Directions may be cited as the Road Traffic (Barbados Rally Club, “BRC Test Event”) Directions, 2026.

2. Road Closure

Any person driving or being in charge of a vehicle shall not proceed along the following road during the specified period:

  • Church Hill to Luke Hill in the parish of Saint Lucy

Time: 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

3. Penalty

Any person who contravenes these Directions is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to:

  • a fine of $500, or
  • imprisonment for 6 months

Given by the Commissioner of Police

This 21st day of March, 2026

Signed:
Jenifer King
Commissioner of Police

Approved by the Minister responsible for Transport and Works

Kirk Humphrey
Minister

S.I. 2026 No. 53

Miscellaneous Controls Act, Cap. 329

Miscellaneous Controls (Control of Prices) (General) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2026

The Minister, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Miscellaneous Controls Act, makes the following Regulations:

1. Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Miscellaneous Controls (Control of Prices) (General) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2026.

2. Amendment

The Schedule to the Miscellaneous Controls (Control of Prices) (General) Regulations, 1983 is amended by deleting the prices specified for petroleum products and substituting the following:

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

ProductWholesale PriceRetail Price
Diesel Fuel$2.89582 per litre$3.15 per litre
Gasolene$3.42652 per litre$3.73 per litre
Kerosene$1.48143 per litre$1.53 per litre

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG)

Cylinder SizePrice
20 lbs$36.31
22 lbs$39.94
25 lbs$45.20
100 lbs$160.39

3. Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1st April, 2026.

Made by the Minister
This 31st day of March, 2026

Kerrie D. Symmonds
Minister responsible for Energy and Business

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