22Public release of election policy costings

22 Public release of election policy costings

22 Public release of election policy costings

(1) A parliamentary leader may publicly release an election policy costing provided to that leader by the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

(2) The Parliamentary Budget Officer is required to publicly release an election costing request and the election policy costing when the parliamentary leader who requested the costing notifies the Officer that the policy has been publicly announced.

(3) If the Parliamentary Budget Officer considers that an election policy costing provided by the Officer has been publicly misrepresented, the Officer may issue a public statement to correct the misrepresentation.