(1) A parliamentary leader who has received an election policy costing from the Parliamentary Budget Officer may request the Officer to publicly release the costing.
(2) A parliamentary leader who has been informed that the Parliamentary Budget Officer will stop preparing an election policy costing because of insufficient time or information may request the Officer to publicly release a statement explaining that decision.
(3) The Parliamentary Budget Officer must comply with a request under subsection (1) or (2) as soon as practicable after receiving it.