{"id":"C1909L00060","name":"Census and Statistics Regulations (Provisional)","slug":"c1909l00060","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"60 of 1909","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320097,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1909L00060-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Census and Statistics Regulations (Provisional)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1909\\. No. 60.\n\nPROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ACT 1905.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under the Census and Statistics Act 1905 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.\n\nDated this 26th day of May, One thousand nine hundred and nine.\n\nDUDLEY,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nHUGH MAHON,\n\nMinister of State for Home Affairs.\n\n———\n\nUtilization of Statistical Information for State Purposes.\n\nAny State Officer executing any power or duty under the Census and Statistics Act 1905 may, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in any arrangement entered into under section 6 of that Act applicable to the case, utilize any statistical information obtained by him in the exercise of that power or duty for the purpose of State statistics; provided that no information shall be made public or supplied to persons other than officers in the Statistical Office of the State, whereby the particulars of the business or financial position of any individual, or any firm or corporation, or of any aggregate of persons regarded for the purposes of statistics as an individual, may be disclosed.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by J. Kemp, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.\n\nC.6752.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2215},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1909 provisional regulation establishing the initial framework; no expansion beyond original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive provision","Only one cross-reference to parent legislation (section 6 of the Census and Statistics Act 1905)","No defined terms within the regulation","Simple conditional structure with one proviso"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation allows **state government officers** who collect data for the federal government to reuse that information for **state statistical purposes**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Permits state officers executing duties under the Census and Statistics Act 1905 to utilize collected data for their own state's statistics\n- Avoids duplication between federal and state data collection efforts\n\n**Privacy protection:**\n- Officers cannot make the information public or share it with anyone outside the State Statistical Office\n- Specifically protects sensitive details about the business or financial position of individuals, companies, or groups\n- This ensures commercial confidentiality is maintained\n\n**Exception:**\n- These rules don't apply if a specific agreement already exists under section 6 of the main Act that says otherwise."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1909l00060","history":"/api/acts/c1909l00060/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1909l00060/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1909l00060/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1909l00060/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1909l00060/documents"}}