STATISTICAL MAPS ACT 1905 - As at 27 July 1995 - Act 14 of 1905 TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Name of Act 2. Interpretation 3. Maps may be compiled and issued 4. Exemption from penalty for giving necessary information STATISTICAL MAPS ACT 1905 - LONG TITLE An Act to authorise the compilation of maps showing certain particulars relating to lands used for the purposes of agriculture, pastoral pursuits, timber-getting, and mining, and exempting persons giving information necessary for such compilation from penalty; to amend the Census Act 1901; and for other purposes incidental thereto. STATISTICAL MAPS ACT 1905 - SECT 1 Name of Act 1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Statistical Maps Act 1905 and shall come into force two months after the date of its passing. STATISTICAL MAPS ACT 1905 - SECT 2 Interpretation 2 Interpretation In this Act "Statistician" means Government Statistician, and includes the Acting Government Statistician. STATISTICAL MAPS ACT 1905 - SECT 3 Maps may be compiled and issued 3 Maps may be compiled and issued Maps, by the authority of the Governor, may be compiled and issued for the purpose of public information or otherwise, showing: (a) the area of land used for the purposes of the following industries, namely, agriculture, pastoral pursuits, timber-getting, and mining respectively, (b) the nature of such industry, (c) the yield per acre from such industry: Provided that if the information has been supplied to the Statistician under the provisions of the Census Act 1901 or has been obtained under any promise of secrecy, the owner of any such land may, at any time after the passing of this Act and before it comes into force, notify, in writing, the Statistician that the owner objects to such information being divulged with reference to the owner’s land. If such notice is so given, no such information regarding that land shall be published. The notice may be served on the Statistician personally or sent by post. STATISTICAL MAPS ACT 1905 - SECT 4 Exemption from penalty for giving necessary information 4 Exemption from penalty for giving necessary information Notwithstanding anything contained in the Census Act 1901, any officer, enumerator, collector, or other person employed under that Act, divulging the contents of any householder’s schedule or any return or information furnished under that Act, necessary to, and for the purposes of such compilation, and not objected to in accordance with the provisions of the last preceding section, shall be exempt from any penalty. STATISTICAL MAPS ACT 1905 - NOTES Reprint history (since 1972): Reprint No 1 7 January 1980 STATISTICAL MAPS ACT 1905 - NOTES Historical notes The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes: ______________________________________________________________________ |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________________| Table of amending instrumentsStatistical Maps Act 1905 No 14. Assented to 11.9.1905. This Act has been amended as follows: _______________________________________________________________________ | | |Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995. Assented to| |1995|No 16|15.6.1995. | | | | | |_______________________________________________________________________| Table of amendmentsNo reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995.