Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016N00003:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016N00003
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 3318–5931

5  Persons who must be included on a Census form
 (1) A person who is in Australia at midnight on Census night must either:
 (a) ensure that the person's required details are included in a Census Household Form for the dwelling in which the person spends Census night and that the completed form is given to the Statistician or an authorised officer in accordance with the instructions contained in, or accompanying, the form; or
 (b) complete a Census Personal Form with the person's required details and ensure that the completed form is given to the Statistician or an authorised officer in accordance with the instructions contained in, or accompanying, the form.
Example 1: A person who spends Census night in a private dwelling may complete a Census Personal Form if he or she chooses not to provide his or her required details to the person who completes a Census Household Form for that dwelling.
Example 2: A person who spends Census night in a private dwelling may complete a Census Personal Form if he or she is unable to have his or her required details included in the Census Household Form for that dwelling because there is insufficient room on the form.
Example 3: A person who spends Census night in a hotel or motel instead of in a private dwelling may complete a Census Personal Form.
 (2) Except under paragraph (4)(d), details in relation to a person may be included on a Census Household Form only if the person spends Census night in that dwelling.
Example 1: Details in relation to a person who lives in more than one dwelling may only be included on the Census Household form for the dwelling in which the person spends Census night.
Example 2: Details in relation to a person who is living at a residential institution (such as a school, nursing home or prison) rather than the person's family home on Census night may only be included on a Census Personal Form completed at the residential institution.
 (3) If:
 (a) a person:
 (i) is an occupier of a private dwelling; and
 (ii) spends Census night in that dwelling; and
 (b) no other occupier of that dwelling completes a Census Household Form for the dwelling;
the person must complete a Census Household Form for the dwelling (by including in the form the information specified in subsection (4)) and give the completed form to the Statistician or an authorised officer in accordance with the instructions contained in, or accompanying, the form.
Note: If 2 or more persons are occupiers of a private dwelling, one of them must complete a Census Household Form for the dwelling.
 (4) For subsection (3), the required information is: