Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Parliamentary Budget Officer must, in consultation with the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, prepare a work plan for the Parliamentary Budget Office for each financial year.
(2) The work plan must be prepared:
(a) for the financial year in which the first Parliamentary Budget Officer is appointed--before the end of 3 months after the appointment; and
(b) for each following financial year--before 1 October in the financial year.
(3) The work plan must set out:
(a) the priorities of the Parliamentary Budget Office for the financial year; and
(b) protocols for the allocation of the resources of the Parliamentary Budget Office during the financial year.
(4) The Parliamentary Budget Officer must ensure that the work plan is made publicly available.
(5) A work plan prepared under subsection ( 1) is not a legislative instrument.