EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1990
ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE TREASURER
Census and Statistics Act 1905
Determination made under Section 13
Section 13 of the Census and Statistics Act 19Q5 (the Act) authorises the Minister to make Determinations providing for and in relation to the disclosure, with the approval in writing of the Statistician, of information included in a specified class of information furnished in pursuance of the Act.
Statutory Rules 1983 No. 19, made under Section 13 of the Act, provided for the disclosure of information relating to an official body, and for the disclosure of information to a Department or authority subject to certain conditions. The definitions contained in Clause 1 of Statutory Rules 1983 No. 19 related to agencies of the Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory Governments.
With the introduction of self-government in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), there is a need to provide for the disclosure of information relating to agencies of the government of the ACT and for the disclosure of information to those bodies.
The purpose of this Determination is to amend the definitions of “Department”, “Minister”, “responsible Minister” and “State Act” in Clause 1 of the Statistics Determination to include the Australian Capital Territory.