Part 6 Costing of election policies

12.   Requests for costing of election policies

(1) [Part 6 of Schedule 1 Amended by No. 37 of 2015, s. 4, Applied:13 Oct 2015] During the election costing period for an election of the House of Assembly –

(a) the Premier may request the Secretary to prepare costings of publicly announced Government policies; and

(b) the Leader of an Opposition party may request the Secretary to prepare costings of the party's publicly announced policies.

(2) A request is to –

(a) be in writing; and

(b) outline fully the policy to be costed, giving relevant details; and

(c) state the purpose or intention of the policy.

(3) The Premier or the Leader of an Opposition party may, at any time, withdraw a request that he or she has made.

(4) A withdrawal by the Premier or the Leader of an Opposition party is to be by notice in writing given to the Secretary.

13.   How policy costings are to be prepared

(1) The Secretary is to issue written guidelines for preparing costings of publicly announced policies.

(2) The Secretary may, in writing, request the Premier or the Leader of the relevant Opposition party for additional information in relation to a costing of a publicly announced policy.

14.   Public release of policy costings

(1) As soon as practicable after a request in relation to the costing of a publicly announced policy has been made and before polling day for the election, the Secretary is to give the costing of the policy to the Premier or the Leader of the relevant Opposition party, as the case may require.

(2) As soon as practicable after the costing of a publicly announced policy has been given to the Premier or the Leader of the relevant Opposition party, as the case may require, and before polling day for the election, the Secretary is to publicly release a costing of the policy.