{"id":"C1909L00121","name":"Census and Statistics Regulations","slug":"c1909l00121","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"121 of 1909","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":320100,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1909L00121-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Census and Statistics Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1909\\. No. 121.\n\nREGULATION 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 make the following Regulation under the Census and Statistics Act 1905, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this 8th day of October, One thousand nine hundred and nine.\n\nDUDLEY,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nGEORGE W. FULLER,\n\nMinister of State for Home Affairs.\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 purposes 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.13836.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1563},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1909 regulation establishing baseline rules for data sharing between Commonwealth and State statistical offices. The scope remains tightly confined to permitting dual utilization of statistical information subject to strict confidentiality constraints."},"complexity_factors":["Single operational provision with no defined terms","One external cross-reference to section 6 of the parent Act","Nested conditional clauses ('in the absence of... provided that...')","Long proviso with multiple categories of protected entities (individuals, firms, corporations, aggregates)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:**\nThis regulation allows State government officers who collect statistical information for the Commonwealth (federal government) to reuse that same data for their own State's statistical purposes.\n\n**Key restriction:**\n* **Confidentiality is paramount.** Officers cannot disclose any information that would reveal the business or financial details of specific individuals, companies, or firms to anyone outside the State's Statistical Office. The data can only be used for broad statistical analysis, not for exposing private commercial information.\n\n**The catch:**\nThis reuse is only allowed if there isn't already a separate agreement (under section 6 of the Census and Statistics Act 1905) that says otherwise.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis prevents duplication of effort—State officers don't have to collect the same data twice (once for Canberra, once for their State capital)—while protecting commercial privacy."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c1909l00121","history":"/api/acts/c1909l00121/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c1909l00121/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c1909l00121/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c1909l00121/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c1909l00121/documents"}}