6Appointment of Parliamentary Budget Officer

6 Appointment of Parliamentary Budget Officer

6 Appointment of Parliamentary Budget Officer

(1) The Presiding Officers are to appoint a person as Parliamentary Budget Officer for each State general election. Each appointment is to take effect on or as soon as practicable after 1 September immediately before the general election is due to be held.

(2) The person appointed as Parliamentary Budget Officer must be a person selected from a list of at least 2 persons recommended by a panel comprising—

(a) the Ombudsman, and

(b) the Information Commissioner, and

(c) the Chairperson of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal.

(3) If the Presiding Officers decline to appoint a person from a list of persons recommended by the panel, the panel is required to recommend a further list.

(4) The Parliamentary Budget Officer is to be appointed on a full-time basis. The Parliamentary Budget Officer is not to engage in paid employment outside the duties of his or her office without the approval of the Presiding Officers.

s 6: Am 2013 No 25, Sch 1 [4].