Statistics Act, 1993
Interpretation. |
3.—In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— | |
“civil servant” means a person holding a position in the Civil Service; | ||
“contravention” includes failure or refusal to comply; | ||
“copy” means the reproduction of a record or any part thereof by clerical, photographic, electronic or any other means; | ||
“dissemination” means the publication, sale or provision of official statistics in any other manner or form either directly or indirectly through other persons or undertakings; | ||
“the Director General” means the Director General of the Central Statistics Office; | ||
“functions” includes powers and duties; | ||
“local authority” means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act, 1941 ; | ||
“the Office” means the Central Statistics Office; | ||
“officer of statistics” means a person so defined in section 20 of this Act; | ||
“official statistics” means statistics compiled by the Office or any other public authority whether under this Act or otherwise; | ||
“person in charge” means the person who is for the time being in charge of any premises or undertaking including owners and tenants; | ||
“premises” includes any dwelling, other building, hut, caravan, tent, place, vessel in Irish territorial waters, aircraft and train; | ||
“public authority” means any Department of State, local authority, health board or other body established by any enactment; | ||
“public servant” means a person holding a position in any public authority, including the Garda Síochána; | ||
“record” includes any paper, photographic, electronic or other mode of recording or storing information and any form, schedule, questionnaire, instruction or other such document; | ||
“the repealed enactments” means the Statistics Acts, 1926 and 1946, repealed by this Act; | ||
“statistics” includes, in addition to numerical data, information not expressible numerically which is necessary for the collection, compilation, analysis or interpretation of data; | ||
“undertaking” means the whole or any part of a business enterprise, agricultural holding, institution, association or public authority. |