Census and
Statistics Amendment Act 1981
No. 48 of 1981
An Act to amend
the Census and Statistics Act 1905
[Assented to 25 May 1981]
BE
IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
PART
I—PRELIMINARY
Short
title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Census and Statistics Amendment Act 1981.
(2) The Census and Statistics Act 19051 is in this Act referred
to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. (1) This Part and section 4 shall come into operation on the day on
which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) The remaining provisions
of this Act shall come into operation on 30 June 1981.
PART
II—AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT
Interpretation
3. Section 3 of the
Principal Act is amended—
(a)
by inserting before the definition of “Dwelling” the following definition:
“‘Bureau’
means the Australian Bureau of Statistics established by the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975;”;
and
(b)
by inserting after the definition of “Occupier” the following definition:
“‘officer’
means—
(a)
a member of the staff of the Bureau referred to in sub-section 16 (1) of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975;
and
(b)
a person engaged in accordance with the regulations to assist in the carrying
out of the functions of the Statistician;”.
Occupiers
to fill up Householder’s Schedules
4. Section 11 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting “deliver the Schedule so filled up and
signed to the Collector authorized to receive it” and substituting “cause the
Schedule so filled up and signed to be delivered to the Collector authorized to
receive it or to be furnished, in accordance with those instructions, to the
Statistician”.
Collectors
to assist in filling up Schedules
5. Section 13 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting all the words after “Schedule” (first
occurring).
Powers
of entry and inspection
6. Section 19 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (2).
Untrue
returns by officers
7. Section 23 of the
Principal Act is repealed.
Secrecy
8. Section 24 of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting “The Statistician, an officer, or the
occupier of a dwelling,” and substituting “A person who is, or has been, the
Statistician or an officer”.
Forgery
of forms
9. Section 25 of the
Principal Act is repealed.
Amendments
relating to penalties
10. The Principal Act is
amended as set out in the Schedule.
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SCHEDULE Section 10
AMENDMENTS RELATING TO
PENALTIES
Provision
amended | Omit— | Substitute— |
Section 11............................... | Twenty
dollars | $500 |
Section 14............................... | Twenty
dollars | $500 |
Sub-section 15 (2)................... | Twenty
dollars | $500 |
Sub-section 17 (1)................... | Twenty
dollars | $500 |
Sub-section 18 (1)................... | Twenty
dollars | $500 |
Section 22............................... | Forty
dollars | $200 |
Section 24............................... | One
hundred dollars | $1,000 or imprisonment for 6
months, or both |
Section 26............................... | One
hundred dollars | $1,000 or imprisonment for 6
months, or both |
NOTE
1. No. 15, 1905,
as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 33, 1920; No. 18, 1930; No. 17,
1938; No. 74, 1946; No. 34, 1949; No. 93, 1966; No. 216, 1973;and No. 15, 1977.