Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ELECTION COMMITMENTS COSTING ACT 2012 (NO. 47 OF 2012) - SECT 9

    (1)     If the director-general receives a costing request before polling day, and the request is not withdrawn under section 6, the director-general must—

        (a)     cost the election commitment; and

        (b)     make the costing publicly available.

Examples—publicly available

1     published on the Treasury Directorate website

2     media release issued by the Treasury Directorate

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

    (2)     The director-general must cost an election commitment and make the costing publicly available—

        (a)     as soon as practicable after receiving the costing request; and

        (b)     before polling day.

    (3)     However, before making a costing publicly available, the director-general must give a copy of the costing to the person who made the costing request.

    (4)     Also, if the director-general does not have adequate information or enough time to cost an election commitment and make the costing publicly available before polling day, the director-general must, before polling day, make publicly available a notice stating—

        (a)     that the election commitment cannot be costed before polling day; and

        (b)     the reason why.

    (5)     A costing request made before polling day that has not been costed and made publicly available before polling day is taken to be withdrawn on polling day.

    (6)     If an election commitment under a costing request made before polling day has not been costed before polling day, the director-general must not begin or continue costing the election commitment on or after polling day.