Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1999 - SECT 64T

  (1)   After a general election, the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (the Committee ) may request the Parliamentary Budget Officer to cause an independent review of the operations of the Parliamentary Budget Office to be conducted in accordance with the request.

  (2)   The request must specify:

  (a)   the person or body who is to conduct the review; and

  (b)   the scope of the review; and

  (c)   the manner in which the review is to be conducted; and

  (d)   that a report of the review is to be provided to the Committee.

  (3)   In making the request, the Committee must have regard to the resources of the Parliamentary Budget Office.

  (4)   The review must be completed within 9 months after the end of the caretaker period for the election.

  (5)   The Committee must table the report of the review in each House of the Parliament as soon as practicable after receiving it.