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Territory of Christmas Island

Census and Statistics Ordinance 1961

Ordinance No. 2 of 1961 as amended

made under the

Christmas Island Act 1958

This compilation was prepared on 12 December 2001
taking into account amendments up to Ordinance No. 4 of 1981

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents
Page

Part I Preliminary

 1 Citation [see Note 1]
 2 Application
 3 Definitions

Part II Administration

 4 Appointment of Statistician
 5 Delegation by the Statistician

Part III Census

 6 Taking of the Census
 7 Statistician to take steps for collection of the Census
 8 Division of the Territory for the Census
 9 Appointment of officers
 11 Duties of Field Supervisor
 12 Duties of Collectors
 13 Householder's Schedule
 14 Distribution of Householder's Schedules
 15 Delivery of Householder's Schedules to ships
 16 Occupiers to fill up Householder's Schedules
 17 Supply of particulars by persons who do not  wish to provide information for inclusion in the Householder's Schedule
 18 Persons may be required to furnish particulars
 19 Obligation of persons in respect of whom particulars are not furnished
 20 Collection of Schedules
 21 Particulars with respect to uninhabited dwellings
 22 Collectors to assist in filling up Schedules
 23 Persons to supply information to Collectors

Part IV Statistics

 23A Collection of statistics
 23B Appointment of officers
 23C Duties of officers
 23D Completion of forms
 23E Requirement under section 23D
 23F Evidentiary provisions
 23G Duty of persons to answer questions
 23H Powers of entry and inspection

Part V Miscellaneous

 23J Undertaking of fidelity and secrecy
 24 Failure by officers to perform duties
 25 Untrue returns by officers
 26 Officers to observe secrecy
 27 Penalty for false returns or answers
 28 Forgery of forms
 29 No penalty for failure to state the ethnic group or religion of a person
 30 Publication
 31 Regulations

The Schedule

Notes

An Ordinance relating to the Taking and Collection of Censuses and the collection of statistics in the Territory of Christmas Island

Part I Preliminary

1 Citation [see Note 1]

  This Ordinance may be cited as the Census and Statistics Ordinance 1961.

2 Application

  Where a building is let, sub-let or held in different apartments and occupied by different persons or families, this Ordinance applies to and in relation to each part so let, sub-let or held and used for the purpose of human habitation, and to and in relation to the persons residing in each such part, as if the part were a separate dwelling.

3 Definitions

  In this Ordinance, unless the contrary intention appears:
Census day means the day in a census year appointed by the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, to be a census day for the purpose of the taking of the