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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This regulation requires every trade union in Australia — including unregistered unions, branches and union-like associations — to provide detailed statistical returns on wages, hours, employment and related historical data when requested in writing by the Commonwealth Statistician or agents. Union officers must complete prescribed forms and return them within 28 days. Individual returns are declared strictly confidential. The instrument is made under the Census and Statistics Act 1905 and replaces an earlier 1912 provisional rule.
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STATUTORY RULES.
1912. No. 216.
REGULATION UNDER THE “CENSUS AND STATISTICS ACT 1905.”
I, 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.
Dated this 23rd day of October, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.
DENMAN,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
KING O’MALLEY,
Minister of State for Home Affairs.
RETURN OF TRADE UNION STATISTICS.
1. (1) The Secretary, or Acting Secretary, or other Officer of every Trade Union shall, within 28 days after being required in writing by the Statistician or by an Agent and Correspondent duly appointed under Statutory Rules 1912, No. 12, so to do, furnish to the Statistician the particulars set out in the prescribed forms of return of Trade Union Statistics.
(2). In order to comply with this Regulation, the Secretary, Acting Secretary, or other Officer, as the case may be, of every Trade Union shall fill in the particulars in the prescribed forms, and shall sign the form and transmit it, either by post or otherwise, to the Statistician or to such Agent and Correspondent as aforesaid.
(3). In this Regulation “Trade Union” includes—
(a) Every Trade Union, whether registered or unregistered;
(b) Every Branch of a Trade Union;
(c) Every Association of the nature of a Trade Union or having objects similar to those of a Trade Union; and
(d) Every Branch of an Association coming within paragraph (c).
C.14898—Price 3d.
(4). The prescribed forms of return of Trade Union Statistics are as follows:—
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Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics (Labour and Industrial Branch), Melbourne.
TRADE UNION STATISTICS.
(The information referred to hereon is required under the authority of the Census and Statistics Act 1905.)
Wages, Hours of Labour, and Employment.
Individual Returns are regarded as Strictly Confidential and are not published separately.
Full Name of Trade Union or Branch
District or Locality covered by Trade Union or Branch
1. In what year was your Union or Branch first organized ?
2. Please state the current Union rates of wages for each of the more important occupations or trades followed by members of your Branch.
| Principal Occupations or Trades... | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Union Rates of Wages per (State whether per hour, day, or week.) |
If working by the piece, kindly forward with this return Union schedule of piece rates
3. When did the present rates of wages come into effect ?
4. What are the ordinary hours of labour per week ?
5. When did the present schedule of hours of labour come into effect ?
6. Are the present rates of wages or schedule of hours contained (a) in any Determination of a Wages Board; (b) in any award of an Arbitration Court; or (c) in any industrial agreement? If so, please give particulars as to date, &c., of the determination, award, or agreement, and furnish copy of same, if available.
7. Please fill in the following table showing, so far as information is available, the total number of members of your Union or Branch, and also the number unemployed at the end of each year specified (not during the year). If exact figures are not available please specify approximate number of members and number unemployed.
Secretaries of Branches of Unions should fill in figures for their Branches only.
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font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">1891.</span></p></td><td style="width:6.6%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext200" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext26pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">1896.</span></p></td><td style="width:7.3%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext200" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext26pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">1901.</span></p></td><td style="width:6.74%; 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text-align:center; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext26pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Present Time.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:18.25pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:29.02%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Bodytext200" style="text-indent:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; font-size:11pt; background-color:transparent"><span class="Bodytext26pt" style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:11pt; letter-spacing:normal; vertical-align:baseline">Number of Members</span><span style="width:29.25pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....</span></p></td><td style="width:6.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:6.6%; 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