Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016N00003:reg:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016N00003
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4
Character Range: 1544–3318

4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) authorised officer;
(b) Bureau;
(c) Census day;
(d) Statistician.
In this instrument:
Act means the Census and Statistics Act 1905.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes:
 (a) Norfolk Island; and
 (b) the Territory of Christmas Island; and
 (c) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Australian citizen has the meaning given by the Australian Citizenship Act 2007.
Australian permanent resident has the meaning given by the Migration Regulations 1994.
Census night means the night of the Census day for a Census.
occupier, in relation to a private dwelling, includes a tenant or resident owner of the dwelling but does not include a non‑resident owner.
private dwelling means a dwelling other than:
 (a) a hotel, motel, hostel or boarding house; or
 (b) a dwelling used solely or principally as sleeping accommodation by members of a group of persons who share common living or dining areas or other common amenities; or
 (c) a religious institution; or
 (d) a residential institution; or
 (e) a vessel, other than a houseboat, used in navigation by water.
required details means:
 (a) for a person—the details that the person is required to include in a Census Household Form or Census Personal Form by the instructions given in the form; or
 (b) for a private dwelling—the details that an occupier of the dwelling is required to include in a Census Household Form by the instructions given in the form.
residential institution includes a hospital, nursing home, school, university, college, orphanage, house of refuge, prison or other penal or corrective institution.

Part 2—Persons required to supply statistical information