Section 22, The Public Financial Management Act, 2016

(1) The Minister shall prepare macroeconomic and fiscalforecasts underlying the Fiscal Strategy Statement and State budget documents at a date sufficiently early to meet the deadline of their submission to Parliament. (2) The macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts underlying the Fiscal Strategy Statement and State budget documents prepared by the Minister under subsection (1), shall be based on assumptions that take full account of domestic and international economic conditions and developments, including conditions of international commodity markets. (3) The fiscal forecasts shall maintain a comprehensive coverage of the general government.