Census and Statistics Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1909. No. 121.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ACT 1905.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Census and Statistics Act 1905, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this 8th day of October, One thousand nine hundred and nine.

DUDLEY,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

GEORGE W. FULLER,

Minister of State for Home Affairs.

 

Utilization of Statistical Information for State Purposes.

Any State officer executing any power or duty under the Census and Statistics Act 1905 may, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in any arrangement entered into under section 6 of that Act applicable to the case, utilize any statistical information obtained by him in the exercise of that power or duty for the purposes of State Statistics; provided that no information shall be made public or supplied to persons other than officers in the Statistical Office of the State, whereby the particulars of the business or financial position of any individual, or any firm or corporation, or of any aggregate of persons regarded for the purposes of statistics as an individual, may be disclosed.

 

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