Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “authorised officer” means a person appointed as such under section 6; “Bank of Mauritius” means the Bank of Mauritius established under section 3 of the Bank of Mauritius Act; “Board” or “Statistics Board” means the Statistics Board referred to in section 23; “census” means a census of population and dwellings; S38 – 1 [Issue 5] Statistics Act “contractor” means a person appointed under contract for carrying out, on behalf of the Director, duties relating to the collection, compilation, analysis, abstraction, publication and dissemination of statistical information; “Director” means the Director of Statistics referred to in section 4; “member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairperson; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of statistics is assigned; “official statistics” means statistics produced by— (a) Statistics Mauritius; (b) the Bank of Mauritius; (c) the Ministry responsible for the subject of health; and (d) such other organisation as may be approved by the Board; “public sector agency” means any Ministry or Government Department, local authority or statutory body; “respondent” means a person who supplies, or is required to supply, statistical information; “return” means a book, document, form, card, tape, disc or storage medium on which the information required is entered or recorded, or is required to be entered or recorded, for statistical purposes; “sampling” means a statistical procedure whereby only a small proportion of the entire group is selected and its characteristics are statistically analysed to infer knowledge about the entire group; “statistics” means aggregated numerical information relating to demographic, economic, financial, environmental, social or similar matter, which is compiled and analysed according to relevant scientific and statistical methodology; “survey” includes a survey of undertakings or persons, whereby information is collected from all persons in a field of inquiry, or from a sample of them, wholly or primarily for statistical purposes; “undertaking” means an undertaking by way of a trade or business, whether or not the trade or business is carried out for profit, and includes a public sector agency and any other form of organisation or body of persons, as well as a branch of an undertaking; “University of Mauritius” means the University of Mauritius referred to in section 3 of the University of Mauritius Act. [S. 2 amended by s. 28 (a) of Act 20 of 2011 w.e.f. 31 August 2011.] [Issue 5] S38 – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius