4Collection of statistics

4 Collection of statistics

(1) The Secretary may collect statistics in relation to all or any of the following matters: (a) the loading of cargo into, and the unloading of cargo from, ships, including: (i) the employment of persons in or in connexion with such loading or unloading; and (ii) the availability of persons for employment in or in connexion with such loading or unloading; (b) the loading of cargo into, and the unloading of cargo from, vehicles at a port, being cargo that has been unloaded from, or is to be loaded into, ships at that port, including: (i) the employment of persons in or in connexion with the first‑mentioned loading or unloading; and (ii) the availability of persons for employment in or in connexion with the first‑mentioned loading or unloading; (c) the movement of ships into, from or within ports. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the Secretary may, in such manner as he or she thinks appropriate, cause to be published, or to be made available to other persons, statistics collected in pursuance of subsection (1). (3) Subject to subsection (4), subsection (2) does not authorize the publication or making available of statistics in a manner that enables the identification of a particular person or organization. (4) Statistics may be published or made available in a manner that enables the identification of a particular person or organization if it is not practicable to publish or make available those statistics in a manner that does not enable the identification of that person or organization.