21Parliamentary Budget Officer to prepare costings of election policies

21 Parliamentary Budget Officer to prepare costings of election policies

21 Parliamentary Budget Officer to prepare costings of election policies

(1) As soon as possible after receiving an election costing request, the Parliamentary Budget Officer is to—

(a) prepare a costing of the policy concerned, and

(b) provide the costing to the parliamentary leader who made the request.

(2) The Parliamentary Budget Officer is to inform a parliamentary leader who makes an election costing request of any costing that the Officer is unable to provide and of the reason that the costing cannot be provided.

(3) If the Parliamentary Budget Officer needs more information for the purpose of costing a policy, the Officer may ask the parliamentary leader who made the election costing request to provide that information in writing.

(4) A parliamentary leader is required to notify the Parliamentary Budget Officer of the public announcement by that leader of policies that have been costed by the Officer.