Statistics Act, 1993
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Direction to provide information. |
26.—(1) The Director General or an officer of statistics may, pursuant to a requirement made under section 25 of this Act, direct by the delivery of a notice any person— | |
(a) to complete and return a form, questionnaire or other record in accordance with any instructions contained therein or otherwise communicated to him, | ||
(b) to answer questions asked of him by officers of statistics, | ||
(c) to supply any record, copy of or extract from any record, | ||
by a specified date or within a specified period. | ||
(2) For the purposes of this section and section 27 of this Act a direction to provide information in compliance with a requirement made under section 25 of this Act shall be sufficient— | ||
(a) in the case of an individual person — if a notice addressed to that person is delivered to his last known place of residence, employment or business; | ||
(b) in the case of an individual person in charge of premises — if a notice is delivered to the premises or to his office or residence without necessarily naming the person; | ||
(c) in the case of a business undertaking — if a notice is delivered to the business or concern at any premises from which it operates or conducts its affairs using its trading name, or to any individual person involved in its management (including a receiver or liquidator or administrator) at his place of business or residence; | ||
(d) in the case of an individual person in charge of any other undertaking — if a notice is delivered to his office or residence without necessarily naming the person. |