4. Assistance for implementing the objectives

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Parliamentary

Budget Office shall provide analytical assistance to -

any Committee or Member of Parliament on matters related to public finance, including budget proposals, economic and fiscal forecasts and projections, and costing of proposed policies and

a recognised political party or an independent group to cost any proposal in its manifesto in the period immediately before an election; and

Parliament, generally, by providing analyses and briefings on matters necessary for or conducive to the objectives of the Parliamentary Budget Office.