Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In addition to the
matters specifically mentioned in section 8 of the Act, the Statistician
shall, subject to these regulations, collect annually statistics in relation
to the following matters, that is to say: —
(a)
motor omnibus services;
(b)
goods transport services, other than railways;
(c)
wholesale and retail prices and house rents;
(d)
commercial air services;
(e)
co‑operative companies or societies.
(f)
Electricity generating stations, plants, or works of any kind or nature,
including those used on or in connection with quarries, or gold, coal, or
other mines in which minerals are mined, whether the electricity generated is
sold to the public or used solely for the purpose of the generating station,
plant, works, quarries, or mines, or for any other purpose.
(g)
building operations.
(2) The owner of every
omnibus (as defined in and for the purposes of the Traffic
Act 1919‑1935 ); the owner of every goods transport vehicle
licensed or required to be licensed under the State Transport
Co‑ordination Act 1933 ; the owner of any wholesale or retail
establishment; the controller, or his responsible representative of any
auction market; the owner of any rented dwelling, the owner of any commercial
air service, and the managing body or the manager of every co‑operative
company or society, and the owner, manager, or agent of any electricity
generating station, plant, or works of any kind or nature including those used
on or in connection with quarries or gold, coal, or other mines in which
minerals are mined and any person or his responsible representative who
engages or who appears on reasonable grounds to engage in building operations
other than as an employee shall, when so required by the Statistician and to
the best of his knowledge and ability, fill up, or cause to be filled up, and
at such times and in respect of such periods as the Statistician may from time
to time prescribe by notice in the Government Gazette , supply to the
Statistician the particulars specified and required in the form or forms which
are from time to time prepared and issued by the Statistician in accordance
with his duty in respect thereto under section 7 of the Act, and also to
fill up or cause to be filled up such particulars in such form or forms in
accordance with the instructions stated therein or which accompany such form
or forms.
(3) Every such owner
aforesaid, and every servant or agent of every such owner whom the owner
instructs or authorises to make the returns required by this regulation, shall
be a prescribed person within the meaning and for the purposes of
section 9 of the Act.
[Regulation 1 amended by Gazettes
2 February 1940 p.151; 22 March 1946 p.304.]