Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor on
behalf of the State may enter into any arrangement, or supplementary
arrangement, mentioned in section 5 of the Statistics (Arrangements with
States) Act 1956 of the Commonwealth Parliament or any Act passed in
amendment of, or substitution for, that Act by the Commonwealth Parliament,
with the Governor-General of the Commonwealth with respect to the collection
and publication of statistics, and the supply of statistical information, for
the purposes of both the Commonwealth and the State.
(2) Without prejudice
to the generality of the power conferred by subsection (1), the Governor
on behalf of the State may enter into an arrangement with the Governor-General
of the Commonwealth in, or substantially in, the form of arrangement set out
in the Schedule.
(3) Any arrangement or
supplementary arrangement entered into pursuant to this section by the
Governor on behalf of the State with the Governor-General of the Commonwealth
has by virtue of this subsection effect according to its tenor.
[Section 25 inserted by No. 62 of 1956
s. 3.]