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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 64J
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64J  Requests for costing of policies during caretaker period
 (1) This section applies during the caretaker period for a general election.
 (2) An authorised member of a Parliamentary party may request the Parliamentary Budget Officer to prepare a costing of a publicly announced policy of the Parliamentary party.
 (3) A request for a costing of a policy of a Parliamentary party is not to be made under subsection (2) before polling day if a member of that party has, during the same caretaker period, requested the preparation of a costing of that policy, or a substantially similar policy, under clause 29 of Schedule 1 to the Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998.
 (4) A request for a costing of a policy of a Parliamentary party is not to be made under subsection (2) on or after polling day if a member of that party has, on or after that day, requested the preparation of a costing of that policy, or a substantially similar policy, under clause 29 of Schedule 1 to the Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998.
 (5) An independent member may request the Parliamentary Budget Officer to prepare a costing of a publicly announced policy of the independent member.
 (6) A request under subsection (2) or (5) must:
 (a) be in writing; and
 (b) outline fully the policy to be costed, giving relevant details; and
 (c) state the purpose or intention of the policy.
 (7) If the Parliamentary Budget Officer needs more information to cost aspects of a policy, he or she may, in writing, ask the person who requested the costing for that information.
 (8) An authorised member of a Parliamentary party may, by notice in writing, withdraw a request made under subsection (2) on behalf of the Parliamentary party.
 (9) An independent member who made a request under subsection (5) may, by notice in writing, withdraw the request.