Parliamentary Budget Officer Act 2010 (NSW)

Parliamentary Budget Officer Act 2010 No 83

An Act to establish and confer functions on the Parliamentary Budget Officer as an independent officer of Parliament; to provide for costings of election promises by that Officer; to repeal the Charter of Budget Honesty (Election Promises Costing) Act 2006; and for other purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Parliamentary Budget Officer Act 2010.

2 Commencement (1) Parts 1 and 2 and Schedule 1.2 commence on the date of assent to this Act. (2) The remainder of this Act commences on 25 January 2011.

3 Definitions (1) In this Act— Department means the Cabinet Office. election costing request means a request made under Division 1 of Part 4 to the Parliamentary Budget Officer for the preparation of an election policy costing. election policy costing means a costing of a publicly announced or proposed policy prepared by the Parliamentary Budget Officer under Division 2 of Part 4. function includes a power, authority or duty, and exercise a function includes perform a duty. Parliamentary Budget Officer means the Parliamentary Budget Officer appointed by the Presiding Officers under section 6. parliamentary leader means either of the following— (a) the Premier, (b) the Leader of the Opposition. pre-election budget update statement means the pre-election budget update statement prepared under section 24. pre-election half-yearly budget review means the last half-yearly review publicly released by the Treasurer before a State general election under section 7.16 of the Government Sector Finance Act 2018. Presiding Officers means (subject to section 4) the President of the Legislative Council and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. registered party means a party registered under Part 6 of the Electoral Act 2017. Secretary means the Secretary of the Department. State general election does not include a State general election held following the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly, unless the election is to be held after the due date for the election following the expiry of the Legislative Assembly or within 1 month before that due date. (2) In this Act, a reference to the commencement of the caretaker period is a reference to the day on which the Legislative Assembly is dissolved or expires preceding the holding of a State general election. (3) For the purposes of this Act, the date a State general election is due to be held is the day fixed for taking the poll at a general election of members of the Legislative Assembly. (4) A reference in this Act to a member of Parliament includes, during the period that the Legislative Assembly is dissolved or has expired, a reference to a person who was a member of Parliament immediately before that dissolution or expiry. (5) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.