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This is the Census and Statistics (Statistical Information) Direction 2017.
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This Direction requires the Australian Statistician to collect and publish specific statistics about the 2017 postal survey on same‑sex marriage: how many enrolled electors participated, and among participants the proportions for and against changing the law. Results must be published nationally, by State/Territory and by electoral division by 15 November 2017 (ss 2–3). The instrument names who must act (the Statistician) and defines who counts as an elector (s 3(4)); it does not set funding, penalties or operational detail for how the collection is to be resourced.
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This is the Census and Statistics (Statistical Information) Direction 2017.
This direction is given under paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 (the Statistics Act).
(1) The Statistician is to collect the following statistical information in relation to matters prescribed for the purposes of section 9 of the Statistics Act (in particular, one or more of items 5, 30 and 38 in the table in regulation 13 of the Census and Statistics Regulation 2016): (a) statistical information about the proportion of electors who wish to express a view about whether the law should be changed to allow same‑sex couples to marry (participating electors); (b) statistical information about the proportion of participating electors who are in favour of the law being changed to allow same‑sex couples to marry; (c) statistical information about the proportion of participating electors who are against the law being changed to allow same‑sex couples to marry. (2) The statistical information is to include information about participating electors at the national level, at the level of each State and Territory, and at the level of each electoral division. (3) In relation to the statistical information identified, the Statistician is to publish the results to which section 12 of the Statistics Act refers on or before 15 November 2017. (4) In this section:
elector means a person who, at the end of 24 August 2017:
(a) is an elector as defined by subsection 4(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, meets the requirements of paragraphs 93(1)(a) and (b) of that Act, and is not a person to whom subsection 93(8AA) of that Act applies; or
(b) has made a claim or application for enrolment that is in order, is entitled to and qualified for enrolment, meets the requirements of paragraphs 93(1)(a) and (b) of that Act, and is not a person to whom subsection 93(8AA) of that Act applies.
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This is the Census and Statistics (Statistical Information) Direction 2017.
This direction is given under paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 (the Statistics Act).
(1) The Statistician is to collect the following statistical information in relation to matters prescribed for the purposes of section 9 of the Statistics Act (in particular, one or more of items 5, 30 and 38 in the table in regulation 13 of the Census and Statistics Regulation 2016): (a) statistical information about the proportion of electors who wish to express a view about whether the law should be changed to allow same‑sex couples to marry (participating electors); (b) statistical information about the proportion of participating electors who are in favour of the law being changed to allow same‑sex couples to marry; (c) statistical information about the proportion of participating electors who are against the law being changed to allow same‑sex couples to marry. (2) The statistical information is to include information about participating electors at the national level, at the level of each State and Territory, and at the level of each electoral division. (3) In relation to the statistical information identified, the Statistician is to publish the results to which section 12 of the Statistics Act refers on or before 15 November 2017. (4) In this section:
elector means a person who, at the end of 24 August 2017:
(a) is an elector as defined by subsection 4(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, meets the requirements of paragraphs 93(1)(a) and (b) of that Act, and is not a person to whom subsection 93(8AA) of that Act applies; or
(b) has made a claim or application for enrolment that is in order, is entitled to and qualified for enrolment, meets the requirements of paragraphs 93(1)(a) and (b) of that Act, and is not a person to whom subsection 93(8AA) of that Act applies.