22. The powers, duties and functions to operationalise and manage the Parliamentary Budget Office

The Parliamentary Budget Officer shall have power to -

recruit and appoint officers and employees to the staff of the Parliamentary Budget Office in accordance with the rules made under section 45;

discipline and dismiss officers and employees of the Parliamentary Budget Office in accordance with the rules made under section 45;

determine the salaries and other remunerations of the officers and employees of the Parliamentary

obtain the services from any person who has knowledge and experience in the government budgeting, financial policy, fiscal policy, macroeconomic analysis or such other relevant field of expertise, to assist the Parliamentary Budget

enter into agreements with any person to assist in the operation of the Parliamentary Budget Office or to assist the Parliamentary Budget Office to perform its responsibilities under the Act;

appoint a secretary for the Parliamentary Budget

request access to and make arrangements for the timely examination and digital transfer in malleable formats of any written or electronic record, data, analysis, modelling, or other information possessed by any Public Institution, relating to the requests made under section 29;

request the methodology and assumptions underlying the budget and other fiscal proposals prepared by Public Institutions and tabled in

enter into arrangements with Public Institutions for the automatic transmittal of budgeting and costing data to the Parliamentary Budget Office at such time and duration as may be appropriate;

make rules in respect of all matters for which rules are authorised or required to be made under this

generally, do all such acts and things as are necessary for, or incidental or conducive to the carrying out or attainment of the objectives of the