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 15/02/2013.
4.
—(1) The Chief Statistician shall be the national statistical
co-ordinator whose duties shall be —
co-ordinator whose duties shall be —
(a)
to co-ordinate statistical activities in public agencies, including the allocation of the subject matters in respect of which research and statistics units may exercise their powers under section 5;
(b)
to advise public agencies in the gathering, compiling, analysis and utilisation of statistics;
(c)
to develop national statistical standards and standardise definitions, classifications, terms, procedures and concepts for use in statistical activities; and
(d)
to promote the observance of approved national statistical standards by public agencies.
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(2) All research and statistics units shall comply with the recommendations of the Chief Statistician on any matter specified in subsection (1)(c) and (d).
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(3) If a research and statistics unit refuses to accept a recommendation of the Chief Statistician, the director of the research and statistics unit shall notify the Chief Statistician in writing of such refusal and the reasons therefor.
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(4) On receipt of any notice from a research and statistics unit under subsection (3), the Chief Statistician shall —
(a)
reconsider the recommendation in question; and
(b)
in the event of the inability of the Chief Statistician to rescind or revise the recommendation, refer the matter to the Minister who shall give directions to the research and statistics unit as he thinks fit and that research and statistics unit shall comply with the directions of the Minister.
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