New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHARTER OF BUDGET HONESTY (ELECTION PROMISES COSTING) ACT 2006 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"costing request" means a request made under Part 2 to the Secretary of the Treasury for the preparation of a costing of a publicly announced or proposed policy.
"State election" means the day for taking the poll at a general election of members of the Legislative Assembly.
"the pre-election half-yearly budget review" means the last half-yearly review publicly released by the Treasurer before a State election under section 8 (3) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 .
"the pre-election period" -see section 6.
"Treasury costing" means a costing, under Part 3 by the Secretary of the Treasury, of a publicly announced or proposed policy.

(2) A reference in this Act to the Premier or Leader of the Opposition includes a reference to his or her nominee for the purposes of this Act, being a person nominated by the Premier or Leader of the Opposition (as the case requires) by notice in writing to the Secretary of the Treasury.