THE TERRITORY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND
No. 7 of 1966
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AN ORDINANCE
To amend the Census Ordinance 1961 as amended by the Census Ordinance 1966.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Christmas Island Act 1958-1965.
Dated this ninth day of June, 1966.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
C. E. BARNES
Minister of State for Territories.
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CENSUS ORDINANCE 1966
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Census Ordinance (No. 2) 1966.[*]
(2.) The Census Ordinance 1961,[†] as amended by the Census Ordinance 1966,[‡] is in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.
(3.) Section 1 of the Census Ordinance 1966 is amended by omitting sub-section (2.).
(4.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Census Ordinance 1961-1966.
2. Section 13 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—
Householder’s Schedule.
“13.—(1.) For the purposes of taking and collecting the Census in a census year, a Householder’s Schedule shall be prepared specifying the matters in relation to—
(a) a dwelling; and
(b) a person in that dwelling,
in respect of which particulars are required to be furnished.
“(2.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-section the matters in relation to a dwelling are—
(a) the class of dwelling, that is to say, whether the dwelling is a private house, flat, portion of a private house or flat, hotel, institution or other class of habitation;
(b) the material of which the outer walls of the dwelling are constructed;
(c) the number of rooms in the dwelling;
(d) the title by which the occupier occupies the dwelling;
(e) the weekly rate of rent (if any) payable in respect of the dwelling;
(f) whether the dwelling is provided with facilities for the use of gas or electricity or both;
(g) whether the dwelling contains a kitchen or bathroom or both;
(h) in the case of a dwelling other than a boarding house, hospital or other institution, the number of motor vehicles (excluding motor cycles and motor scooters) used by members of the household occupying the dwelling that were garaged or parked at or near the dwelling on the night of the Census day;
(i) the date of construction of the dwelling; and
(j) whether the dwelling is on a rural holding of not less than one acre in area.
“(3.) For the purposes of sub-section (1.) of this section, the matters in relation to a person are—
(a) the name of the person;
(b) the relation of the person to the head of the household of the dwelling in which the person is residing;
(c) in the case of a person who is not engaged in an industry, business, profession, trade or service, whether the person is—
(i) a child who has not attended school;
(ii) a school child or a full-time student;
(iii) a person mainly dependent for support on pension or superannuation;
(iv) a person of independent means;
(v) a person engaged in unpaid home duties;
(vi) an inmate of an institution; or
(vii) a person other than a person referred to in the preceding sub-paragraphs of this paragraph;
(d) in the case of a person usually engaged in an industry, business, profession, trade or service—whether the person was so engaged on the Census day or was unemployed on that day;
(e) the sex of the person;
(f) the age of the person on the Census day;
(g) whether the person is married and, if so, the duration of that marriage;
(h) in the case of a person whose marriage is existing on the Census day—the number of children (if any) of that person and the spouse of that person born to them during that marriage;
(i) the religion of the person;
(j) the place at which the person was born;
(k) in the case of a person who was not born in the Territory—the period during which he has resided in the Territory;
(l) the nationality of the person;
(m) the race to which the person belongs;
(n) the highest level of schooling completed by the person;
(o) the qualifications or training of the person for a profession or occupation, whether or not the person was engaged in that profession or occupation on the Census day;
(p) in the case of a person who has attained the age of fifteen years—
(i) whether the person was employed or engaged in an industry, business, profession, trade or service in the week that ended on the Saturday before the Census day;
(ii) whether the person performed any work or rendered any service for payment or profit in the week that ended on the Saturday before the Census day;
(iii) if the person is an employee—whether the person was temporarily laid off work by his employer without pay for the whole of the week that ended on the Saturday before the Census day;
(iv) if the person was not employed in the week that ended on the Saturday before the Census day—whether the person endeavoured to obtain employment in that week;
(v) if the person was an employee during the week that ended on the Saturday before the Census day—the number of hours per week usually worked by the person as such an employee;
(vi) whether the person is an employee in receipt of salary or wages or whether the person is engaged in an industry, business, profession, trade or service carried on on his own behalf;
(vii) whether the person is an employer;
(viii) whether the person helps in the carrying on of an industry, business, profession, trade or service and does not receive wages or salary;
(ix) whether the person has never previously been employed and is seeking employment for the first time;
(x) the occupation, industry, business, profession, trade or service in which the person was employed or engaged during the week that ended on the Saturday before the Census day;
(xi) in the case of an employee—the full name of the employer and the address at which the employee is employed;
(xii) in the case of a person who carries on an industry, business, profession, trade or service on his own behalf—the name under which, and the address at which he carries on the industry, business, profession, trade or service; and
(xiii) in the case of a person who helps in the carrying on of an industry, business, profession, trade or service and does not receive salary or wages—the name under which, and the address at which, the industry, business, profession, trade or service is carried on.”.
Persons may be required to furnish particulars.
3. Section 18 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1.) the words “the Act” and inserting in their stead the words “this Ordinance”.
[*] Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on, 23rd June, 1966.
[†] Ordinance No. 2, 1961.
[‡] Ordinance No, 2, 1966.