STATUTORY RULES.
1954. No. .
REGULATIONS UNDER THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ACT 1905-1949.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Census and Statistics Act 1905-1949.
Dated this nineteenth day of February, 1954.
W. J. Slim
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Treasurer.
Census Regulations.
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Census Regulations.
Repeal.
2. The Census Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1947, No. 3) are repealed.
Definitions.
3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
“ Householder’s Schedule ” includes a personal card or slip ;
“ personal card or slip ” means the personal card or slip referred to in regulation 17 of these Regulations ;
“ the Act ” means the Census and Statistics Act 1905-1949 ;
“ the Australian Capital Territory ” includes the Territory accepted by the Commonwealth in pursuance of the Jervis Bay Acceptance Act 1915 ;
“ the Census day ” means the day in the year One thousand nine hundred and fifty-four, appointed by proclamation under sub-section (2.) of section 8 of the Act as the Census day.
Year in which the Census is to be held.
4. The year One thousand nine hundred and fifty-four is a prescribed time for the purposes of sub-section (1.) of section 8 of the Act.
Delegation by the Statistician.
5.—(1.) The Statistician may, by writing under his hand, in relation to a matter or class of matters or to a State or part of the Commonwealth, delegate any of his powers or functions under these Regulations (except this power of delegation).
(2.) A power or function so delegated may be exercised or performed by the delegate with respect to the matter or to the matters included in the class of matters, or with respect to the State or part of the Commonwealth, specified in the instrument of delegation.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1954.
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(3.) A delegation under this regulation is revocable at will, and does not prevent the exercise of any power or the performance of a function by the Statistician.
Division of the Commonwealth for the Census.
6. The Statistician shall, for the purposes of the taking and the collection of the Census—
(a) divide each State, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory into such Census Divisions as he considers necessary ;
(b) divide each Census Division into such Census Sub-divisions as he considers necessary ; and
(c) divide each Census Sub-division into such Collector’s Districts as he considers necessary.
Appointment of officers.
7.—(1.) For the purposes of the taking and the collection of the Census, the Statistician—
(a) shall appoint a person to be the Chief Field Supervisor for the Commonwealth ;
(b) shall appoint a person to be the Assistant Chief Field Supervisor for the Commonwealth ;
(c) shall appoint a person to be the Deputy Field Supervisor for each State, for the Australian Capital Territory and for the Northern Territory ; and
(d) shall appoint a person to be the Enumerator for each Census Division.
(2.) A Deputy Field Supervisor for a State or Territory shall appoint a person to be the Sub-enumerator for each Census Sub-division in that State or Territory and, in making an appointment under this sub-regulation, shall, if practicable, appoint a person who holds or has held the office of Commonwealth Electoral Registrar or Assistant Returning Officer.
(3.) An Enumerator for a Census Division shall appoint a person to be a Collector for each Collector’s District in that Division.
(4.) A Deputy Field Supervisor may appoint a person to be a Collector for a specified train or aeroplane.
(5.) A person appointed under this regulation holds office during the pleasure of the person by whom he has been appointed.
(6.) An officer appointed under this regulation shall be paid, in respect of the performance of his duties under the Act and these Regulations, such remuneration as the Minister, on the recommendation of the Statistician, approves.
Form of undertaking by officers.
8. For the purposes of section 7 of the Act, the prescribed form of undertaking of fidelity and secrecy is the form in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Duties of the Chief Field Supervisor.
9. The Chief Field Supervisor for the Commonwealth shall—
(a) furnish advice to the Statistician on such matters relating to the taking and collection of the Census as the Statistician requires ;
(b) take all necessary action to ensure that sufficient persons are available for appointment as officers for the purpose of the taking and the collection of the Census ;
(c) ensure that all instructions of the Statistician relating to the taking and collection of the Census are furnished to officers in sufficient time before the Census day ;
(d) ensure that sufficient supplies of all documents and books necessary for the taking and the collection of the Census are furnished to officers before the Census day ;
(e) arrange for the payment to officers of the remuneration payable under these Regulations ; and
(f) carry out such other duties in relation to the taking and the collection of the Census as the Statistician directs.
Duties of Assistant Chief Field Supervisor.
10. The Assistant Chief Field Supervisor for the Commonwealth shall assist the Chief Field Supervisor for the Commonwealth in the performance of the duties referred to in the last preceding regulation and, in the absence of the Chief Field Supervisor, shall perform those duties.
Duties of Deputy Field Supervisors.
11. A Deputy Field Supervisor shall—
(a) make all necessary arrangements for the distribution and collection of Householder’s Schedules in the State or Territory for which he has been appointed ;
(b) obtain from the Householder’s Schedules an accurate record of the population of that State or Territory ;
(c) forward to the Statistician the Householder’s Schedules collected in that State or Territory as soon as practicable after their collection has been completed ;
(d) forward such summaries and reports relating to those Schedules as the Statistician requires ; and
(e) carry out such other duties in relation to the taking and the collection of the Census as the Statistician directs.
Duties of Enumerators, Sub-enumerators and Collectors.
12. Each Enumerator, Sub-enumerator and Collector shall carry out such duties in relation to the taking and collection of the Census as the Statistician directs and, in the case of a Collector, as are prescribed by these Regulations.
Additional matters to be included in Householder’s Schedules.
13.—(1.) Each of the following matters is, in relation to a dwelling, a prescribed matter for the purposes of paragraph (c) of section 12 of the Act :—
(a) particulars as to whether the dwelling is a private house, hotel, institution or other class of habitation ;
(b) the title by which the occupier occupies the dwelling ;
(c) the weekly rate of rent, if any, payable in respect of the dwelling ;
(d) particulars as to whether gas or electricity or gas and electricity services are supplied to the dwelling ;
(e) particulars as to whether the dwelling contains a kitchen or bathroom or both ;
(f) the date of construction of the dwelling ; and
(g) particulars as to whether or not the dwelling is on a rural holding.
(2.) Each of the following matters is, in relation to a person, a prescribed matter for the purposes of paragraph (c) of section 12 of the Act :—
(a) the number of children (if any) of the person born to him during marriage existing on the Census day ;
(b) the race to which the person belongs ;
(c) the industry, business, trade, service or profession in which the person is employed ;
(d) particulars as to whether the person is an employer or an employee or is engaged in business on his own behalf ;
(e) particulars of the place of work of the person ; and
(f) If the person is unemployed, the duration for which he has been unemployed and the cause of his unemployment.
Form of Householder’s Schedule.
14. The Householder’s Schedule shall be a form requiring the furnishing of particulars relating to the matters that section 12 of the Act and the last preceding regulation require to be specified in the Householder’s Schedule.
Distribution of Householder’s Schedules.
15.—(1.) Each Collector shall leave a Householder’s Schedule at each dwelling which is occupied within the Collector’s District or Districts in respect of which he is appointed Collector.
(2.) Except with the approval of the Enumerator or Sub-enumerator for the Census Division or Census Sub-division, as the case may be, in which the Collector’s District is included, a Collector shall not leave a Householder’s Schedule at a dwelling earlier than seven days before the Census day or after the Census day.
(3.) A Collector shall leave at a dwelling the Householder’s Schedule—
(a) by delivering it personally to the occupier of the dwelling ;
(b) by delivering it to a person apparently in charge of the dwelling or abiding in the dwelling ; or
(c) if no person is in the dwelling at the time the Collector calls at the dwelling, by placing it in the letter-box for the dwelling, under a door of the dwelling or in some other place where it is likely to come to the notice of the occupier.
(4.) A person, not being the occupier of a dwelling, who receives a Householder’s Schedule, into whose hands a Householder’s Schedule comes or who receives notice of the fact that a Householder’s Schedule has been left at a dwelling shall deliver the Schedule to the occupier or give notice of that fact to the occupier, as the case requires.
Penalty for a contravention of this sub-regulation : Five pounds.
Delivery of Householder’s Schedules to ships and vessels.
16.—(1.) The Collector for a Collector’s District in which a port is included shall leave with the master of each ship or vessel which is in the port on the Census day a Householder’s Schedule.
(2.) Where a ship or vessel is on a passage between any two Commonwealth ports on the Census day and a Householder’s Schedule was not left with the master of the ship or vessel before the Census day, the Collector for the Collector’s District in which the port at which the ship or vessel arrives after the Census day is included shall leave with the master of the ship or vessel a Householder’s Schedule.
(3.) The Collector for a Collector’s District in which any inland waters of the Commonwealth are included shall leave with the master of a ship or vessel in those waters a Householder’s Schedule.
Supply of particulars by persons who do not wish to provide information for inclusion in the Householder’s Schedule.
17.—(1.) Where a person does not wish to furnish, to the occupier of a dwelling or to the master of a ship or vessel for insertion in the Householder’s Schedule for that dwelling or ship, the particulars required to be furnished under section 12 of the Act and regulation 13 of these Regulations in respect of himself, the Collector shall supply to the occupier, for completion by that person, a personal card or slip containing the questions relating to the particulars to be furnished under section 12 of the Act or regulation 13 of these Regulations in respect of a person.
(2.) A person who does not wish to furnish to the occupier of the dwelling or to the master of a ship or vessel for insertion in the Householder’s Schedule for that dwelling or ship the particulars so required to be furnished in respect of himself shall supply those particulars on the personal card or slip, shall sign the card or slip, seal it in an envelope and hand the envelope to the occupier or to the master.
Penalty : Ten pounds.
(3.) The occupier of a dwelling or the master of a ship or vessel shall deliver each envelope handed to him in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation to the Collector when delivering to the Collector the Householder’s Schedule for the ship or dwelling.
Penalty for a contravention of this sub-regulation : Ten pounds.
Persons on trains and aeroplanes.
18.—(1.) The Collector for a train or aeroplane may leave with each person who is travelling on the train or aeroplane on the night of Census day a personal card or slip.
(2.) A person with whom a personal card or slip is left under the last preceding sub-regulation shall, before leaving the train or aeroplane, enter in the personal card or slip the particulars which by the Act and these Regulations are required to be furnished in respect of himself and deliver the card or slip to the Collector.
Penalty for a contravention of this sub-regulation : Ten pounds.
Persons may be required to furnish required particulars.
19.—(1.) Where a Collector has reason to believe—
(a) that a person did not reside in a dwelling or was not travelling on a train or aeroplane on the night of the Census day ; or
(b) that a person is a person in respect of whom the particulars are required to be furnished by the Act or these Regulations,
the Collector shall require the person—
(c) to supply in a personal card or slip handed by him to that person the particulars which by the Act and these Regulations are required to be furnished ; or
(d) to furnish to him such particulars as are necessary to enable a personal card or slip to be completed in respect of that person.
(2.) A person shall not fail to comply with a requirement made under the last preceding sub-regulation.
Penalty for an offence against this sub-regulation : Ten pounds.
Obligation of persons in respect of whom particulars are not furnished.
20. Where the particulars required by the Act and these Regulations to be furnished in respect of a person have not been included in a Householder’s Schedule or in a personal card or slip which has been furnished to an occupier of a dwelling, to the Master of a ship or vessel or to a Collector, that person shall, as soon as practicable after the Census day, attend at a post office or police station and there furnish the particulars which are required to be furnished.
Penalty : Ten pounds.
Collection of Schedules.
21. A Collector shall, as soon as practicable after the Census day, call at each dwelling in the Collector’s District for which he has been appointed and collect the Householder’s Schedule and the personal cards and slips in respect of that dwelling.
Particulars regarding uninhabited dwellings and dwellings under construction
22.—(1.) Where a Collector finds a dwelling is uninhabited on the Census day, the Collector shall—
(a) supply on a Householder’s Schedule such of the particulars which the Act or these Regulations require to be furnished in relation to dwellings as he can ascertain by observation and inquiry ;
(b) endorse on the Schedule the word “ unoccupied ” ; and
(c) sign the Schedule.
(2.) Where a Collector finds a building which is, on the Census day, under construction for the purposes of a dwelling, the Collector shall—
(a) supply on a form approved by the Statistician such of the particulars which the Act or these Regulations require to be furnished in relation to dwellings as he can ascertain by observation and inquiry ; and
(b) sign the form.
THE SCHEDULE.
Regulation 8.
Census and Statistics Act 1905-1949.
UNDERTAKING OF FIDELITY AND SECRECY.
I, , of , a person appointed under the Census Regulations, to the office of , hereby undertake—
(a) that I will faithfully and to the best of my ability execute the powers conferred, and carry out the duties imposed, on me under the Census and Statistics Act 1905-1949, the Census Regulations and the instructions issued in pursuance of that Act or those Regulations ;
(b) that I will not desert from my duty ;
(c) that I will not, without just excuse, refuse or neglect to perform the duties of my office ;
(d) that I will not, wilfully, or without lawful authority, alter any document or form under that Act or those Regulations ;
(e) that I will not wilfully sign any untrue document or form ; and
(f) that I will not, except as allowed by that Act or Regulations, divulge the contents of any form filled up, or any information furnished in pursuance of the Act or those Regulations.
Dated this day of , 19 .
(Signature.)
(Signature of witness.)
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.