S.I. No. 14/1996 - Statistics (Business Registers) Order, 1996.

S.I. No. 14 of 1996.

STATISTICS (BUSINESS REGISTERS) ORDER, 1996.

I, JIM HIGGINS, Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 25 (1) of the Statistics Act, 1993 (No. 21 of 1993), and the Statistics (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 2) Order, 1995 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1995 ), hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Business Registers) Order, 1996.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of February, 1996 and shall expire on the 31st day of December, 2000.

2. This Order applies to all undertakings, other than public authorities, classified for statistical purposes under Section A to Q of NACE Rev. 1 (set out in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3037/90 of 9 October, 1990¹ as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 761/93 of 24 March 1993²), which are engaged in economic activities at any time during a year in respect of which a survey referred to in Article 3 is undertaken.

¹ O.J. No. L293 24.10.1990, p.1

² O.J. No. L83 3.4.1993, p.1

3. The Central Statistics Office shall be provided with the information specified in Article 4 of this Order in statistical form pursuant to surveys (the first of which shall be in the year 1996) undertaken by the Central Statistics Office at intervals of not more than 12 months and shall be so provided in accordance with directions under section 26 of the Statistics Act, 1993 (No. 21 of 1993).

4. An undertaking to which this Order applies is hereby required to provide the Central Statistics Office with information in relation to its economic activities and, in particular, shall so provide the information specified in the Schedule to this Order.

SCHEDULE

1. In this Schedule "non-resident" means any person other than—

( a ) a person who has been residing in the State for a period of not less than one year or who is residing in the State and intends to continue residing in the State for a period of not less than one year,

( b ) a person whose registered office is in the State, or

( c ) a person who has a place of business in the State and who carries on business at that place.

2. ( a ) Particulars of trading names and other aliases by which the undertaking is known.

( b ) General description of the business activity.

( c ) Particulars of main categories of goods and services.

( d ) Particulars of accounting year covered by the return.

( e ) Particulars of the turnover of the undertaking.

( f ) Particulars of the value of goods, services and financial instruments received by a person from a non-resident in the period concerned.

( g ) Particulars of the value of goods, services and financial instruments provided by a person to a non-resident in the period concerned.

( h ) Particulars of shareholding in, or ownership of the undertaking.

( i ) Particulars of shareholding in, or ownership of any other undertaking by the person being surveyed.

( j ) Particulars of the persons engaged in the undertaking.

( k ) Particulars of the number of outlets, branches and subsidiaries attached to the undertaking in the State.

( l ) Particulars of the legal status of the undertaking.

( m ) Particulars of year and month of commencement of business.

GIVEN under my hand this 18th day of January, 1996.

JIM HIGGINS,

Minister of State at the Department of

the Taoiseach.