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On 24/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 24/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 24/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 12/02/2010.
Amendment of section 2
2.  Section 2 of the Statistics Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting the definition of “competent authority” and substituting the following definitions:
“ “anonymised microdata” means particulars or information pertaining to any person which is in a form that conceals or protects the identity of that person, whether by presenting such particulars or information in statistical form or otherwise, such that the identity of that person cannot be readily discovered or ascertained from the particulars or information;
“public agency” means a public officer, an Organ of State or a ministry or department of the Government, or a public authority established by or under any written law for a public purpose or a member, an officer or an employee thereof;”; and
(b)
by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “requisition” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:
“ “research and statistics unit” means a research and statistics unit specified in the Second Schedule;
“statistical purposes” means the compilation of statistics or the preparation of anonymised microdata relating to any subject matter listed in the First Schedule.”.