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) 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, 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Note: The obligation in this subsection does not apply to a request that has been withdrawn under subsection 64J(8) or (9).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 the end of the caretaker period:
(a) the Parliamentary Budget Officer must publicly release a statement to that effect as soon as practicable after the end of the caretaker period; and
(b) the request is taken to have been withdrawn at the end of the caretaker period; and
(c) the Parliamentary Budget Officer is not obliged or authorised to take any further action in relation to the request after the end of the caretaker period.