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New South Wales
Public Finance and Audit Amendment
(Costing of Election Promises) Bill 2002
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 No 152 2
Schedule 1 Amendment 3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, has
finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of NEW
SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2002
New South Wales
Public Finance and Audit Amendment
(Costing of Election Promises) Bill 2002
Act No , 2002
An Act to amend the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 with respect to the
disclosure of information and documents concerning the Treasury costing of
election promises.
I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill as
finally passed by both Houses.
Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1 Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Costing of Election Promises)
Bill 2002
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Costing of
Election Promises) Act 2002.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent.
3 Amendment of Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 No 152
The Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.
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Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Costing of Election Promises)
Bill 2002
Amendment Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment
(Section 3)
Section 61A
Insert after section 61:
61A Disclosure of information or documents relating to Treasury
costing of election promises
(1) This section applies to any of the following information and
documents:
(a) information or documents provided to the Secretary of
the Treasury by a person on behalf of the Government
or the Opposition for the purposes of the Treasury
costing any election commitments or proposals,
(b) information or documents prepared by the Treasury for
the purposes of that costing.
(2) The Secretary of the Treasury or other member of staff of the
Treasury must not disclose any such information or document
except to:
(a) the representative of the Government or the Opposition
who requested the costing (or to any person authorised
by that representative), or
(b) a member of staff of the Treasury.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) This section does not apply to any information or document:
(a) if the information or document has already been
lawfully published, or
(b) if the person disclosing the information or document
became aware of the information or obtained the
document otherwise than in the course of Treasury
costing any election commitments or proposals.
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Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Costing of Election Promises)
Bill 2002
Schedule 1 Amendment
(4) This section applies to a disclosure made after the
commencement of this section even though the request for the
Treasury costing was made before that commencement.
(5) In this section, Treasury costing of an election commitment or
proposal means a costing for the purposes of a general election
of the Legislative Assembly that is undertaken by the Treasury
in accordance with arrangements made by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
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