s 1Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Statistics Act 1907, and shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation 1.
This Act may be cited as the Statistics Act 1907, and shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation 1.
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —
Factory means any work, mill, or establishment, used for the purpose of manufacturing, treating, or preparing any article.
Local Authority means any corporation or board constituted or appointed under the authority of a Statute, and charged with the administration of moneys for any purpose of local concern.
Minister means the Minister of the Crown charged, for the time being, with the administration of this Act.
Prescribed means prescribed by this Act or by regulations made under this Act.
Statistician means the Government Statistician appointed under this Act.
The Governor may from time to time appoint an officer to be called the Government Statistician, who shall, under the Minister, be charged with the duty of carrying into execution the provisions of this Act and the regulations.
The Governor may from time to time appoint a Deputy Government Statistician, and such statistical agents and other officers as may be required for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Everything in this Act appointed or authorised or required to be done or signed by the Government Statistician may, in his absence, be done or signed by the Deputy Government Statistician, and shall be as valid and effectual as if done or signed by the Government Statistician himself.
The Inspector or other officer in charge of every police district shall be the statistical agent for such district, and shall cause to be collected and furnished to the Statistician all such returns as may from time to time be required.
Such statistical agent may appoint any members of the police force under his control to be collectors for the whole or any parts of such district.
It shall be the duty of the Statistician, subject to the regulations, to prepare and issue forms and instructions, and take all necessary steps for the collection of such statistics as may from time to time be required for public purposes.
The Statistician shall, subject to the regulations, collect, annually, statistics in relation to all or any of the following matters:
Population;
Immigration and emigration;
Vital statistics;
Social statistics;
Factories and manufacturing industries; detailing nationality of proprietor, and number and nationality of employees;
Wages;
Employment and non‑employment;
Imports and exports;
Shipping;
Railways and tramways;
Posts, telegraphs, and telephones;
Banking, insurance, and finance;
Land tenure and occupancy;
Agricultural, pastoral, and kindred industries;
Mining (including quarries);
Forestry;
Fisheries;
Local government;
Water conservation and supply;
Any other prescribed matters.
For the purpose of enabling the statistics referred to in this Act to be collected, all prescribed persons shall, to the best of their knowledge, when required by the Statistician so to do, fill up and supply, in accordance with the instructions contained in or accompanying the prescribed form, the particulars specified in that form.
Penalty: $20.
[Section 9 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8.]
Every person shall, to the best of his knowledge and belief, answer all questions asked him by the Statistician, or an officer duly authorised by the Statistician, necessary to obtain any information required for the purposes of any statistics authorised by this Act to be collected.
Penalty: $20.
[Section 10 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8.]
For the purpose of making any inquiries or observations necessary for the proper carrying out of this Act, the Statistician or any officer duly authorised by him may, at any time during working hours, enter any factory, and may inspect any part of it, and all plant and machinery used in connection with it, and may make such inquiries as are prescribed or allowed by the regulations.
No person shall hinder or obstruct the Statistician or any officer duly authorised by him in the execution of any power conferred by this section.
Penalty: $20.
[Section 11 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8.]
If any of the returns required under this Act are not made, or are not collected, or do not reach the hands of the Statistician, or are so imperfect as to be valueless or misleading, the Statistician may direct that such returns be made or collected anew.
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