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Part II

14. Selection of the Parliamentary Budget Officer and Deputy Parliamentary Budget Officer

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(1)

The Secretary-General of Parliament shall invite applications for the office of the Parliamentary Budget

Officer and the office of the Deputy Parliamentary Budget

Officer by publishing a notice –

(a)

in the Gazette;

(b)

in one Sinhala, Tamil and English newspaper that is published and circulated in Sri Lanka; and

(c)

on the official website of Parliament.

(2)

The Secretary-General of Parliament shall consult the

Advisory Committee referred to in section 15 when preparing the invitation and notice referred to in subsection (1).

(3)

The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall specify a period of at least thirty days for applications to be submitted to the Secretary-General of Parliament.

(4)

(a)

The Secretary-General of Parliament shall, having due regard to gender, diversity of background, experience and expertise of the person applied, forward to the

Constitutional Council, a recommended list of names of the persons to be appointed as the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the Deputy Parliamentary Budget Officer.

(b)

Upon receipt of such list of names, the Constitutional

Council shall forward its recommendation to the President and the President shall proceed to appoint the persons so recommended to the office of the Parliamentary Budget

Officer and the office of the Deputy Parliamentary Budget

Officer.

(5)

Where the Constitutional Council does not recommend to the President any person specified in the list of names referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (4), the

Secretary-General of Parliament shall, -

(a)

subject to sections 6, 10 and 16 forward another list of names to the Constitutional Council from amongst persons who have submitted application under this section for the office of the Parliamentary

Budget Officer or the office of the Deputy

Parliamentary Budget Officer; or

(b)

invite fresh applications under this section, if any person who has applied for the office of the

Parliamentary Budget Officer or the office of the

Deputy Parliamentary Budget Officer does not possess the required qualifications.

Read on from s 15

Part III

Operation of the Parliamentary Budget Office

Read on from Part III

Part IV

Independence and Accountability of the Parliamentary Budget Office

Read on from Part IV

Part V

Provisions to Facilitate Scrutiny and Transparency

Read on from Part V

Part VI

Procedure to Obtain Assistance of the Parliamentary Budget Office

Read on from Part VI

Part VII

Finance

Read on from Part VII

Part VIII

General

Read on from Part VIII