නිල පරිවර්තනයවෙනස් නොකළ පාඨය, Department of Government Printing වෙතින්
(1)
The Parliamentary Budget Office shall perform the following analytical functions to requests from
Committees and Members of Parliament, and any recognised political party or independent group, and shall form part of its regularly published analyses –
(a)
economic and fiscal forecasts and projections, including analyses of long-term fiscal sustainability, debt sustainability, compliance with fiscal rules and targets, and tracking of budgeting measures against strategic goals;
(b)
general analysis of annual and supplementary budget proposals the Government tables in
Parliament;
(c)
specific budget analysis in response to requests from
Committees and Members of Parliament;
(d)
costing analysis of legislative and policy proposals tabled by the Government or prepared by
Parliament;
(e)
costings of policies and proposals included in the manifestos of a recognised political party or independent group following the dissolution of
Parliament and in the lead-up to elections; and
(f)
general analytical studies, taken up at the discretion of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, intended to benefit Parliament’s performance of its public finance responsibilities.
(2)
The Parliamentary Budget Office shall exercise methodological independence in determining the approach to be taken when performing the functions outlined in subsection (1), including, -
(a)
drawing on the most recent economic forecast limits and fiscal estimates issued under the provisions of the Fiscal Management (Responsibility) Act, No. 3
of 2003;
(b)
adopting alternate conventions, assumptions, forecasts, and estimates to test the veracity of the analysis underpinning proposals;
(c)
curating independent datasets and models that can be used to perform analytic functions; or
(d)
establishing any committee to help shape different approaches of analysis or, peer-review panel to test the strength of the analysis provided to Parliament.