S.I. No. 73/2009 - Statistics (Quarterly Survey of Construction) Order 2009
STATISTICS (QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION) ORDER 2009 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th March, 2009. | ||
The Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 25(1) of the Statistics Act 1993 (No. 21 of 1993) and for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 1 as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 2 , hereby orders as follows: | ||
1. This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Quarterly Survey of Construction) Order 2009. | ||
2. This Order applies to all persons and undertakings (other than public authorities) which are engaged in economic activities classified for statistical purposes under Section F of NACE Rev 2 (set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 20062) at any time during a period in respect of which a survey is carried out. | ||
3. Persons or undertakings to which this Order applies are required to provide information, the general nature of which is specified in the Schedule, pursuant to surveys of those persons or undertakings undertaken by the Central Statistics Office at intervals of not less than 11 weeks and not more than 14 weeks (the first of which shall be undertaken in April 2009). | ||
SCHEDULE | ||
1. Particulars of the nature of the business. | ||
2. Particulars of the number of persons engaged in the undertaking in the period concerned. | ||
3. Particulars of the value of new construction work done (including the substantial refurbishment of an existing building) in the period concerned. | ||
4. Particulars of the value of repair and maintenance work done in the period concerned. | ||
5. Particulars of the value of all new contracts and orders obtained for new construction (including the substantial refurbishment of an existing building) in the period concerned. | ||
6. Particulars of the value of all new contracts and orders obtained for repair and maintenance in the period concerned. | ||
7. Particulars of the type or nature (including, existing, proposed or intended use) of the building or construction concerned. | ||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Taoiseach, | ||
4 March 2009 | ||
BRIAN COWEN. | ||
Taoiseach. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||
This survey will provide quarterly statistics on output in the construction sector. These figures are important to the construction industry and this survey is supported by the Construction Industry Federation. The statistics are also required for EU comparisons under Council Regulation (EC) No. 1165/98 as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006. The information in these surveys facilitates the Government in decision making. | ||
