Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts[s. 25(2).]
[Heading amended by No. 19 of 2010 s. 4.]
AN ARRANGEMENT entered into BETWEEN HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA acting with the advice of the Federal Executive
Council AND HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
acting with the advice of the Executive Council of the State WHEREBY IT IS
AGREED as follows: —
1. The Commonwealth of
Australia (in this arrangement called “the Commonwealth” )
will create an office in the Public Service of the Commonwealth of Deputy
Commonwealth Statistician for the State of Western Australia (the occupant of
which office from time to time is in this arrangement called “the Deputy
Commonwealth Statistician” ).
2. The functions of
the Deputy Commonwealth Statistician shall be to administer, subject to the
general control and supervision of the Commonwealth Statistician, an office
(in this arrangement called “the Integrated Statistical
Service” ) for the integrated collection and publication of statistics,
and the supply of statistical information, for the purposes of both the
Commonwealth and the State.
3. (1)
The person occupying the office of Government Statistician of
the State at the date of this arrangement shall resign from the Public Service
of the State and, subject to the provisions of the Statistics (Arrangements
with States) Act 1956 of the Commonwealth and of the Public Service
Act 1922-1955 of the Commonwealth, shall thereupon be appointed to the
office of Deputy Commonwealth Statistician in the Public Service of the
Commonwealth, but notwithstanding that resignation shall continue to occupy
the office of Government Statistician under the Statistics Act 1907 of
the State.
(2) In this
arrangement, the expression “the Government Statistician” means
the occupant at the relevant time of the office of Government Statistician
under the Statistics Act 1907 of the State.
4. Subsequent
appointments to the office of Deputy Commonwealth Statistician as and when it
becomes vacant will be made in accordance with and subject to the procedures
of the Commonwealth after consultation between the Commonwealth Statistician
and the appropriate Commonwealth and State authorities and the State will, in
accordance with and subject to its own procedures, at the same time appoint
the same person to the office of Government Statistician of the State.
5. (1)
The staff establishment needed for the Integrated Statistical
Service shall be considered at appropriate times by a Committee consisting
of —
(a) the
Commonwealth Statistician or his nominee;
(b) an
officer of the State who shall be the Government Statistician or an officer
nominated by the Public Service Commissioner of the State 2 ; and
(c) a
person nominated by the Commonwealth.
(2) The Committee
referred to in the last preceding subclause shall also consider and advise the
Commonwealth Statistician upon the position of temporary statistical officers
and any other officers working on statistics under the direction of the
Government Statistician.
6. With the consent of
the Public Service Board of the Commonwealth and the Public Service
Commissioner of the State, and subject to the provisions of the Statistics
(Arrangements with States) Act 1956 of the Commonwealth and of the Public
Service Act 1922-1955 of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth may, without
medical or other examination, appoint to, or engage for employment in, the
Public Service of the Commonwealth, to perform duties in the Integrated
Statistical Service, employees of the State engaged on duties of a statistical
character under the direction of the Government Statistician who elect to be
so appointed.
7. Nothing contained
in this arrangement prevents the State from retaining any of its existing
employees or appointing under its relevant legislation a reasonable number of
new employees to perform at its expense and on its behalf the functions of
statistical research officers under the direction of the Government
Statistician acting in his State capacity.
8. (1)
Officers appointed to, or engaged for employment in, the Public
Service of the Commonwealth in accordance with clause 6 of this
arrangement shall be required to execute such of the powers and duties
conferred on “officers” by the Census and Statistics
Act 1905-1949 , as amended from time to time, as they are directed by the
Commonwealth Statistician or the Deputy Commonwealth Statistician to execute.
(2) Notwithstanding
the last preceding subclause, an officer appointed to, or engaged for
employment in, the Public Service of the Commonwealth in accordance with
clause 6 of this arrangement shall be required to perform such duties in
respect of the functions of the Integrated Statistical Service referred to in
clause 11 of this arrangement as he is directed to perform by the
Commonwealth Statistician or the Deputy Commonwealth Statistician.
(3) The employees
referred to in clause 7 of this arrangement will be made available by the
State for the performance of such duties and functions for the purposes of the
Census and Statistics Act 1905-1949 of the Commonwealth, as amended from
time to time, as may be agreed between the Commonwealth Statistician and the
Government Statistician acting in his State capacity.
9. The Commonwealth
will meet the full cost of the staff, equipment, printing, office
accommodation and other things required for the Integrated Statistical
Service.
10. The Deputy
Commonwealth Statistician and the Staff of the Integrated Statistical Service
will, so far as is consistent with the proper operation of the Service, be
located in the capital city of the State, or in such other place as may be
agreed between the Commonwealth and the State.
11. The Integrated
Statistical Service will, among other things, perform or carry out the
statistical work normally performed or carried out by the Government
Statistician for departments or instrumentalities of the State, including but
not limited to —
(i)
statistics of law and crime (as incorporated in Police
Annual Reports and in statistical publications);
(ii)
vital statistics and the like as included in reports of
State Departments of Health;
(iii)
worker’s compensation (industrial accident)
statistics;
(iv)
medical and hospital statistics (as incorporated in the
Report of the State Department of Health and in statistical publications);
(v)
statistics of interstate trade; and
(vi)
herd testing statistics.
12. The Deputy
Commonwealth Statistician and his officers will have access to all State
statistical records, both past and current, and to sources of statistics in
all Government departments and instrumentalities of the State, but shall
observe and comply with all statutes of the State relating to those records or
sources, including provisions relating to secrecy.
13. (1)
The State will make available to the Integrated Statistical
Service the services of the members of the Police Force of the State for the
collection of statistics in the same manner as those services were provided
immediately prior to the date of this arrangement to the Government
Statistician.
(2) The Commonwealth
will pay the postal, freight and other expenses incurred in connection with
the statistical activities of the Police Force on behalf of the Integrated
Statistical Service.
14. The Deputy
Commonwealth Statistician and the Government Statistician will continue
current statistical collections in the State, and the Commonwealth will
continue to publish all statistical publications in and relating to the State
which are published by the Government Statistician at the date of this
arrangement, and will expand them to include a Western Australian Year Book
and such other matters as may be considered necessary or desirable from time
to time.
15. The Commonwealth
will, subject to the consent of the owner or owners thereof, take over from
the State existing rights and liabilities of the State in respect of hired
punched-card equipment in use by the Government Statistician, and will
purchase from the State at independent valuation equipment, owned by the State
at the date of this arrangement, ancillary to that punched-card equipment.
16. The State will
make available, free of charge, to the Commonwealth, for use by the Integrated
Statistical Service, all furniture, books and other equipment in use by the
Government Statistician at the date of this arrangement.
17. (1)
Unless otherwise agreed by all the Government Statisticians of
the States, the Commonwealth Statistician will arrange an annual conference
with the Deputy Commonwealth Statisticians and the Government Statisticians of
the several States to discuss and resolve agenda items on any statistical
matter proposed by any Statistician.
(2) The Commonwealth
and the State agree that the conference of Statisticians may consider and
advise the two Governments on any matter arising under or relating to this
arrangement.
18. (1)
In the event of any major difficulty or dispute arising out of
this arrangement, the Commonwealth or the State may request that it be
considered by a Joint Statistical Committee.
(2) A Joint
Statistical Committee will be constituted for the occasion and will consist of
five members being two representatives nominated by the Commonwealth, two
representatives nominated by the State and an independent member agreed upon
by the Commonwealth and the State who shall be the Chairman of the Committee.
(3) The Committee will
report its recommendations upon any question considered by it in pursuance of
this clause to the respective Governments, but those recommendations shall not
be conclusive or binding on either Government.
Dated this
day of
, 1956.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Governor.
[Schedule inserted by No. 62 of 1956 s. 3.]