Statistical Returns Act 1896

A person who is, or has been, employed in the office of the government statistician or in collecting or receiving forms referred to in section 4 or otherwise collecting information under section 4 or engaged in collating information on behalf of the government statistician shall not, except—

in accordance with a direction of the government statistician; or

for the purposes of this Act;

A person to whom is disclosed information that has been obtained under this Act and that the person knows or suspects to have been obtained under this Act shall not, whether within or outside the State, divulge or communicate that information or any part thereof unless—

the information or part in question was disclosed to the person pursuant to a direction of the government statistician under section 7 on terms such that the person was at liberty to divulge or communicate the information or part in question—

at will; or

subject to a condition; or

the person believes on reasonable grounds that the information or part in question was disclosed to the person from whom the person obtained it as prescribed by paragraph (a);