Part 7 Miscellaneous

15.   General government sector bodies to provide information to help prepare report and policy costings

(1) To help the Secretary to prepare a report or a costing in response to a request referred to in clause 12 , the Secretary may request a general government sector body to provide information.

(2) A general government sector body must comply with a request from the Secretary within the time specified by the Secretary unless it is not practicable for the body to do so.

(3) If it is not practicable for a general government sector body to provide information within the specified time, the head of that body must inform the Secretary in writing within 2 days of receiving the request from the Secretary.

(4) The general government sector body need not provide information if doing so would contravene another law, but must inform the Secretary in writing in such a case.

16.   Reporting progress against the fiscal strategy statement

[Part 7 of Schedule 1 Amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019] The Treasurer is to provide information within the budget, the revised estimates report and the Treasurer's annual report to allow assessment of the Government's fiscal performance against the fiscal strategy set out in its current fiscal strategy statement.

17.   Timing of first fiscal strategy statement

The Treasurer must submit a fiscal strategy statement in accordance with this Act prior to, or on the day of the first budget after, this Act commences.