Victorian Numbered Acts

PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICER ACT 2017 (NO. 27 OF 2017) - SECT 24

    (1)     The Parliamentary Budget Officer must prepare protocols for requests for policy costing and advisory services.

    (2)     The PBO protocols must set out—

        (a)     timelines for the submission of requests for policy costing or advisory services; and

        (b)     procedures for consultation between the Parliamentary Budget Officer and parliamentary leaders or other members of Parliament; and

        (c)     an outline of how the Parliamentary Budget Officer will, consistently with section 43, determine the priority of requests for policy costing or advisory services and the equitable allocation of resources to deal with requests; and

        (d)     the form and content of, and information to be provided in connection with—

              (i)     requests for policy costing or advisory services; and

              (ii)     policy costings; and

              (iii)     pre-election reports.

    (3)     The PBO protocols may include any other matters the Parliamentary Budget Officer considers appropriate.

    (4)     The Parliamentary Budget Officer may revise the PBO protocols at any time.

    (5)     The Parliamentary Budget Officer must publicly release the PBO protocols and each revision of them.