THE TERRITORY OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND
No. 3 of 1971
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AN ORDINANCE
To amend the Census Ordinance 1961-1966.
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 1958-1966.
Dated this twenty-fifth day of June, 1971.
PAUL HASLUCK
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
C. E. BARNES
Minister of State for External Territories.
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CENSUS ORDINANCE 1971.
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Census Ordinance 1971.[*]
(2.) The Census Ordinance 1961-1966[†] is in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.
(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may be cited as the Census Ordinance 1961-1971.
2. Section 6 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—
Taking of the Census.
“6. The Census shall be taken in the year One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.”.
Householder’s Schedule.
3. Section 13 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting sub-sections (2.) and (3.) and inserting in their stead the following sub-sections:—
“(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 house, flat, community block or other class of habitation;
(b) the date of construction of the dwelling;
(c) the number of rooms in the dwelling; and
(d) the number of bedrooms in the dwelling.
“(3.) For the purposes of sub-section (1.) of this section, the particulars 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) the sex of the person;
(d) the age of the person on the Census day;
(e) whether the person is or has been married;
(f) in the case of a person whose marriage is existing on the Census day—whether the person is permanently separated, whether legally or otherwise, from the person’s spouse;
(g) the place at which the person was born;
(h) in the case of a person who was not born in the Territory—the period during which he has resided in the Territory;
(i) the citizenship of the person;
(j) the person’s racial descent;
(k) the religion of the person;
(l) the principal activity engaged in by the person;
(m) whether the person is, on the Census day, a full-time student at a school;
(n) in the case of a person who, before the Census day, has ceased to be a full-time student at a school—the person’s age when he ceased to attend school as a full-time student; and
(o) in the case of a person who has attained the age of fifteen years—
(i) the qualifications or training of the person for a profession or occupation, whether or not the person is engaged in that profession or occupation on the Census day; and
(ii) the person’s employment.
“(4.) For the purpose of sub-section (2.) of this section, where a dwelling consists of one room only or is an apartment that consists of one room only, whether or not it is a room of a kind known as a bed-sitting room, the dwelling shall be deemed not to contain a bedroom.”.
[*] Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 25 June, 1971.
[†] Ordinance No. 2, 1961, as amended by Ordinances Nos. 2 and 7. 1966.