Election Commitments Costing Act 2012

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

as soon as practicable after receiving the costing request; and

before the end of the costing period.

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.

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 the end of the costing period, the director‑general must, before the end of the costing period, make publicly available a notice stating—

that the election commitment cannot be costed before the end of the costing period; and

the reason why.

A costing request made on or after polling day that has not been costed and made publicly available before the end of the costing period is taken to be withdrawn at the end of the costing period.

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