Census Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1)

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Census and Statistics Act 1905.

Dated 22 March 2000.

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

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Census Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1)¹

Statutory Rules 2000 No. 34²

made under the

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                        1  Name of Regulations                                                         2

                        2  Commencement                                                                2

                        3  Amendment of Census Regulations                                    2

Schedule 1           Amendments                                                                    3

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1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Census Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1).

2              Commencement

                These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3              Amendment of Census Regulations

                Schedule 1 amends the Census Regulations.

Schedule 1        Amendments

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[1]         Regulation 1

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1              Name of Regulations

                These Regulations are the Census Regulations 1994.

[2]         Regulation 2, definition of Census day

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1996

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2001

[3]         Sub-subparagraph 4 (a) (xviii) (A)

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                                   (A)     the highest level of primary or secondary school completed;

[4]         Sub-subparagraph 4 (a) (xviii) (C)

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                                   (C)     labour force status;

[5]         Subparagraph 4 (a) (xix)

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                      (xix)    ancestry;

[6]         Sub-subparagraph 4 (a) (xx) (F)

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                                    (F)     the main duties or tasks that the person usually performs in the occupation;

                                   (G)     mode of travel to work by the person on Census day;

[7]         After subparagraph 4 (a) (xx)

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                      (xxi)    use of a personal computer during the week immediately preceding Census day;

                     (xxii)    use of the Internet during that week;

[8]         Paragraph 4 (b)

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               (b)    in relation to a household accommodated on Census night in a private dwelling:

[9]         Sub-subparagraphs 4 (b) (ii) (D), (E) and (F)

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                                   (D)     student status;

                                   (E)     relationship to other members of the household;

[10]      Subparagraph 4 (b) (iv)

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                        (iv)    the number of bedrooms in the dwelling;

[11]      Subparagraphs 4 (b) (vi) and (vii)

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                        (vi)    if the dwelling is rented, the nature of the person or body to whom rent is paid;

                       (vii)    the number of registered motor vehicles and motor cycles, garaged or parked at or near the dwelling on Census night, that are owned or used by residents of the dwelling;

[12]      Paragraph 4 (d)

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               (d)    in relation to a dwelling other than a private dwelling:

                          (i)    classification of the dwelling by reference to its purpose;

                         (ii)    the status of a person in the dwelling.

[13]      Regulation 5

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1.       These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1994 No. 309.

2.       Made by the Governor-General on 22 March 2000, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 March 2000.