Section 18: Disclosure and dissemination of information
consolidated text (as at 2017, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
18. Disclosure and dissemination of information
(1) Statistics Mauritius shall, with respect to official statistics it produces—
(a) provide updated information on the methods and procedures
used to compile its official statistics;
(b) issue a data dissemination policy to be made publicly available;
and
(c) provide data products and services on payment of such fees as
may be prescribed.
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(2) Notwithstanding section 17, the Director may disclose—
(a) information available to the public under an enactment or a public document;
(b) information in the form of an index or list of the names and
addresses of individual undertakings or businesses, together with
the telephone numbers at which they may be reached, in relation
to statistical matters, the industrial classifications allotted to
them, the products they produce, manufacture, process, transport, store, purchase or sell, or the services they provide, in the
course of their business, and the number of persons engaged;
(c) details of external trade, movement of ships and aircraft, and
cargo handled at ports; or
(d) information relating to a local authority or other statutory body.
[S. 18 amended by s. 28 (l) of Act 20 of 2011 w.e.f. 31 August 2011.]