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Census Questionnaires
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
L.N. 20 of 2015
NATIONAL ARCHIVES ACT
(CAP. 477)
Census Questionnaires
(Period of Availability for Public Inspection) Regulations, 2015
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 33 of the
National Archives Act, the Minister for Education and Employment,
after consultation with the National Archivist, has made the following
regulations:-
The title of these regulations is the Census Questionnaires Citation.
(Period of Availability for Public Inspection) Regulations, 2015.
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires - Interpretation.
"Act" means the National Archives Act;
"Census Officer" has the same meaning assigned to it in the
Census Act;
"Commissioner" has the same meaning assigned to it in the Data
Protection Act;
"Final Report" means the final report of the Census of
Population published by the National Statistics Office;
"National Archives" has the same meaning assigned to it in the
Act;
"National Archivist" has the same meaning assigned to it in the
Act;
"sensitive personal data" has the same meaning assigned to it
in the Data Protection Act;
"third party" has the same meaning assigned to it in the Data
Protection Act.
For the purposes of these regulations, the census shall be Conclusion of
deemed to be concluded when the Final Report is made public and census.
such publication date shall be considered as the date when the said
census is concluded.
The Census Officer, after the conclusion of a census, shall Deposit of
deposit all the relative questionnaires and documents at the National documents.
Archives.
The National Archivist shall register the year of census,
and retain custody over these questionnaires and documents.
Public records consisting of census questionnaires or other
related documents which are deposited in the National Archives or in
any other archival repository shall be available for public inspection
in accordance with the provisions of the Act after the expiration of a
period of one hundred years from the date when the said census is
concluded.
During the period mentioned in regulation 6, the
ownership of census questionnaires and related documents deposited
in the National Archives shall vest in the Census Officer, who may
authorise any of his employees to access such questionnaires and
related documents.
The Census Officer may, following consultation with the
National Archivist and the Commissioner, where he is satisfied that a
third party requires access to the census questionnaires and related
documents for the purposes of research and statistics, grant his
consent for the said access provided that
(a)
a period of thirty years has elapsed from the date
when the said census is concluded; and
(b) where such research concerns sensitive personal
data, approval by the Commissioner is obtained in accordance
with article 16 of the Data Protection Act.
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