Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Parliamentary Budget Officer must publicly release the post - election report required by subsection 64MA(1) as soon as practicable after preparing the report and before the later of:
(a) 30 days after the end of the caretaker period for the general election to which the report relates; and
(b) 7 days before the first sitting day of either or both Houses of the Parliament after the general election to which the report relates.
(2) At least 48 hours before publicly releasing the post - election report under subsection ( 1), the Parliamentary Budget Officer must give each designated Parliamentary party a copy of the part of the report setting out the costings of that party's election commitments and the information required under paragraph 64MA(1)(b) in relation to those election commitments.
(3) The part of the post - election report given to a designated Parliamentary party under subsection ( 2) must be accompanied by a notice:
(a) informing the designated Parliamentary party that the part of the report given to the party must be kept confidential; and
(b) requesting the party to give the Parliamentary Budget Officer any comments in relation to the part of the report as soon as practicable.
(4) If the Parliamentary Budget Officer is given any comments in relation to the post - election report under paragraph ( 3)(b), the Parliamentary Budget Officer may, if it is practicable to do so:
(a) include the comments in the report; or
(b) revise the report to take account of the comments.