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Part V · Provisions to Facilitate Scrutiny and Transparency

31. Transparency

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(1)

The Parliamentary Budget Officer shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, ensure that the information specified in subsection (2) is made available to the public in the Sinhala, Tamil and English languages by electronic or digital means and be published in the Gazette.

(2)

The information referred to in subsection (1) shall include –

(a)

any rule, principle or guideline that is required to be made, issued or published under this Act;

(b)

proposed release dates of routine reports aligned with the annual budgeting process;

(c)

routine Parliamentary Budget Office reports and analyses, including a full account of the underlying data, subject to subsection (1) of section 30, assumptions and methodology used in the preparation of the analyses;

(d)

reports and analyses prepared by the Parliamentary

Budget Office in response to a specific request from a Committee or a Member of Parliament including a full account of the underlying data, subject to subsection (1) of section 30, assumptions and methodology used in the preparation of the analyses;

(e)

costing analyses of the manifestos of recognised political parties or independent groups including a full account of the data used, assumptions, and methodology;

(f)

the annual report of the Parliamentary Budget Office submitted to Parliament; and

(g)

action plan of the Parliamentary Budget Office for each financial year prepared under section 23.

Read on from s 32

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