Statistics Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1982 No. 2281

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Statistics Regulations2(Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in pursuance of section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby make the following Regulation under the Census and Statistics Act 1905.

 Dated 9 September 1982.

 N. M. STEPHEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

TONY MESSNER

Minister of State for Veterans’ Affairs

for and on behalf of the Treasurer

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 Regulation 5 of the Statistics Regulations is repealed and the following regulations substituted:

Prescribed matters in relation to which statistical information may be collected

“5.

For the purposes of section 9 of the Act the following matters are prescribed:

• (a)

  migration;

• (b)

  births, deaths, marriages and divorces;

• (c)

  population and the social, economic and demographic characteristics of the population;

• (d)

  health, health services and quarantine;

• (e)

  health benefit and health insurance schemes;

• (f)

  social and welfare services;

• (g)

  pension and superannuation schemes;

• (h)

  accidents and injuries;

• (i)

  public safety;

• (j)

  law;

• (k)

  crime;

• (l)

  the Defence Force and police forces;

• (m)

  local government;

• (n)

  education;

• (o)

  scientific research and development;

• (p)

  recreation and entertainment;

• (q)

  cultural activities;

• (r)

  tourism;

• (s)

  energy;

• (t)

  water resources;

• (u)

  conservation and environment;

• (v)

  agricultural, apicultural, poultry, dairying and pastoral industries and related service industries;

• (w)

  fishing, hunting and trapping;

• (x)

  mining, mineral and petroleum exploration, quarrying and related service industries;

• (y)

  forestry, saw milling and related service industries;

• (z)

  manufacturing;

• (aa)

  housing;

• (ab)

  construction and demolition;

• (ac)

  repairs and maintenance;

• (ad)

  wholesaling and retailing;

• (ae)

  food preparation and food consumption;

• (af)

  transport and storage;

• (ag)

  wages, earnings, hours of employment and workers' compensation;

• (ah)

  conditions of employment;

• (ai)

  employment and unemployment;

• (aj)

  industrial disputes and arbitration:

• (ak)

  employers' and employees' associations;

• (al)

  income, expenditure and savings in relation to a person, household or family;

• (am)

  prices and charges;

• (an)

  business, professional, personal and household services;

• (ao)

  trade and commerce;

• (ap)

  overseas transactions;

• (aq)

  banking;

• (ar)

  insurance;

• (as)

  finance;

• (at)

  ownership and control of property;

• (au)

  assets, liabilities and financial operations and transactions of a natural person or an organization;

• (av)

  land tenure and occupancy;

• (aw)

  real estate including land and property development;

• (ax)

  taxation;

• (ay)

  investment;

• (az)

  communications.

Prescribed classes of premises

“5A.

For the purposes of sub-section 18 (1) of the Act each of the following classes of premises is prescribed:

• (a)

  hotels;

• (b)

  motels;

• (c)

  boarding houses;

• (d)

  hostels;

• (e)

  buildings that contain flats or home units;

• (f)

  caravan parks;

• (g)

  camping grounds;

• (h)

  construction camps;

• (i)

  mining camps;

• (j)

  premises being used in connection with agricultural, apicultural, poultry, dairying or pastoral industries;

• (k)

  business premises.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 September 1982.

2. Statutory Rules 1950 No. 43 as amended by 1958 No. 20.