18Request for election policy costings by parliamentary leaders

18 Request for election policy costings by parliamentary leaders

18 Request for election policy costings by parliamentary leaders

(1A) A parliamentary leader has the following obligations—

(a) a parliamentary leader is to have costed under this Part all the policies of the leader’s party that are proposed to be implemented if the party is elected to Government at the next State general election and that are likely to impact on the current and relevant forward budget estimates,

(b) a parliamentary leader is to advise the Parliamentary Budget Officer in writing on the fifth last day before the State general election is due to be held that all such policies of the leader’s party have been notified to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

This subsection does not place an obligation on a parliamentary leader that is enforceable in a court or tribunal.

(1) A parliamentary leader may, in accordance with this Part, request the Parliamentary Budget Officer to prepare costings of publicly announced or proposed policies.

(2) An election costing request may only be made in relation to policies that are announced or proposed for implementation after the next State general election.

(3) A parliamentary leader may only make an election costing request in relation to a policy publicly announced or proposed by that leader.

(4) An election costing request may relate to proposed changes in expenditure or revenue.

(5) An election costing request must—

(a) be in writing, and

(b) outline fully each policy to be costed, giving all relevant details for the purpose of costing the policy, and

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

(6) For the purposes of this section, a policy is taken to be announced or proposed by a parliamentary leader if it is announced or proposed by a member of Parliament on behalf of the leader or of the party concerned.

s 18: Am 2013 No 25, Sch 1 [14].