Commonwealth and State Statistical Agreement Act 1924

Commonwealth and State Statistical Agreement Act 1924

This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth and State Statistical Agreement Act 1924.

In this Act the said agreement means the agreement entered into between the Commonwealth and the State, a copy whereof is set out in Schedule 1.

It shall be deemed to have been lawful for the State to have entered into the said agreement, and for the Premier to have executed the same on behalf of the State.

The said agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed.

It shall be lawful for the Premier to do or cause to be done all things necessary or convenient for the purpose of giving effect to the said agreement.

In each and every year during the period of 13 years commencing on 1st January 1925, there shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue, without any further appropriation than this Act, to Lyndhurst Falkiner Giblin, the person holding the office of Government Statistician at the commencement of this Act, or to the executors, administrators, or assigns of the said Lyndhurst Falkiner Giblin, the sum of £55. Each such sum shall be paid by 12 equal monthly instalments of £4·11·8 each, the first of such instalments to be paid on 1st January in the year in which such sum is payable.

The office of Government Statistician shall continue to exist, and that officer shall, subject to the terms of the said agreement, continue to exercise the powers and perform the duties of his office.