1. The Parliamentary Budget Office Section 15 of the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, Act No. 9 of 2009 (the Act), establishes the Parliamentary Budget Office. The Parliamentary Budget Office must provide an independent, objective, professional advice and analysis to Parliament on matters related to the budget and other money Bills. It also makes it the responsibility of the Director to manage the Parliamentary Budget Office. The Director must be appointed by resolution of both Houses of Parliament, after a recommendation of the Committees on Finance and Appropriations of both Houses. In terms of subsection 15(7) of the Act, any committee considering making such recommendation contemplated in the Act must do so in an open and transparent manner. In addition, the aforementioned Committees must also recommend to the Houses of Parliament the conditions of service for the appointee.