Census and Statistics (Population and Housing) Amendment Notice 2026
I, David Gruen, Australian Statistician, make the following notice.
Dated 2 April 2026
Dr David Gruen AO
Australian Statistician
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Census and Statistics (Population and Housing) Notice 2016
1 Name
This instrument is the Census and Statistics (Population and Housing) Amendment Notice 2026.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the Census and Statistics Act 1905.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Census and Statistics (Population and Housing) Notice 2016
1 Subsection 6(2)
Omit “Section 5”, substitute “Subject to subsection (3), section 5”.
2 At the end of section 6
Add:
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), disregard the effect of the exemption from the requirements relating to completing or providing a passenger card in subregulation 3.03AB(1) of the Migration Regulations 1994.
Note: Subregulation 3.03AB(1) of the Migration Regulations 1994 provides an exemption from requirements to complete or provide a passenger card where an Australia Travel Declaration is submitted.