New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHARTER OF BUDGET HONESTY (ELECTION PROMISES COSTING) ACT 2006 - SECT 14

14 Confidentiality 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 the Premier or the Leader of the Opposition (or on their behalf) for the purposes of a Treasury costing under this Act,

(b) information or documents prepared by the Treasury for the purposes of any such costing.

(2) The Secretary of the Treasury or other member of staff of the Treasury must not disclose any such information or document except:

(a) in the case of a costing request by the Premier-to the Premier or to a person authorised by the Premier, or

(b) in the case of a costing request by the Leader of the Opposition-to the Leader of the Opposition or to a person authorised by the Leader of the Opposition, or

(c) in any case-to a member of staff of the Treasury.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(3) This section does not apply to any information or document:

(a) if the information or document relates to a Treasury costing or costing request that the Secretary of the Treasury is authorised or required to publicly release by this Act, or

(b) if the information or document has already been lawfully published, or

(c) if the person disclosing the information or document became aware of the information or obtained the document otherwise than in the course of a Treasury costing under this Act.