New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHARTER OF BUDGET HONESTY (ELECTION PROMISES COSTING) ACT 2006 - SECT 9

9 Treasury costing of individual policies

(1) As soon as possible after receiving a costing request, the Secretary of the Treasury is to:

(a) prepare a costing of the policy or policies concerned, and

(b) provide the costing to the Premier (if the request was made by the Premier) or to the Leader of the Opposition (if the request was made by the Leader of the Opposition).

(2) The Secretary of the Treasury is to inform the Premier or the Leader of the Opposition (as the case requires) of any costing that the Secretary is unable to provide and of the reason that the costing cannot be provided.

(3) If the Secretary of the Treasury needs more information for the purpose of costing a policy, the Secretary may ask the Premier or Leader of the Opposition (as the case requires) to provide that information in writing.

(4) The Premier and the Leader of the Opposition are required to notify the Secretary of the Treasury of the public announcement of policies that have been costed by the Secretary.