Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies in relation to a policy costing request that is made under subsection 64J(2) or (5) before polling day during the caretaker period for a general election.
Note: Section 64LA applies in relation to a policy costing request that is made on or after polling day during the caretaker period for a general election in circumstances where the caretaker period continues after that day.
(2) As soon as practicable after the request has been made and before polling day, the Parliamentary Budget Officer must publicly release the request and a costing of the policy.
Note: The obligation in this subsection does not apply to a request that has been withdrawn under subsection 64J(8) or (9).
(3) If the Parliamentary Budget Officer does not have sufficient information, or has not had sufficient time, to prepare a policy costing and publicly release the request and the costing before polling day:
(a) the Parliamentary Budget Officer must publicly release a statement to that effect before that day; and
(b) the request is taken to have been withdrawn on that day; and
(c) the Parliamentary Budget Officer is not obliged or authorised to take any further action in relation to the request on or after that day.