CENSUS AND STATISTICS (MONTHLY SURVEY OF RETAIL SALES) ORDER

CENSUS AND STATISTICS (MONTHLY SURVEY OF RETAIL SALES) ORDER

CENSUS AND STATISTICS (MONTHLY SURVEY OF
RETAIL SALES) ORDER

(Cap. 316, section 11)

[30 January 1981,1

I. This order may be cited as the Census and Statistics (Monthly
Survey of Retail Sales) Order.

2. In this order, unless the context otherwise requires-

'retail trade' includes the business of hiring or renting goods;

'survey' means the statistical survey referred to in paragraph 3;

'trading establishment' means any undertaking engaged in the retail
trade;

'value of sales of goods' includes goods sold on own account and on
account of others, irrespective of whether the sales are in cash or
on credit.

3. Statistical survey shall be carried out by the Commissioner each
month of every year in respect of trading establishments in Hong Kong
for the purpose of compiling statistics relating to monthly retail sales.

4. For the purpose of every survey, the particulars specified in the
Schedule shall be given in respect of trading establishments on a
monthly basis and shall, not later than the last day of the month
following the relevant month, be furnished to the Commissioner in
accordance with such form of questionnaire as the Commissioner may
issue for that purpose.

5. The particulars required to be given under paragraph 4 in
respect of a trading establishment shall be given

(a)in the case of a trading establishment which is a body
corporate, by a director, secretary or other person concerned
in the management thereof,

(b)in the case of a trading establishment which is a partnership,
by any partner thereof,

(c)in any other case, by the proprietor of the trading
establishment.

6. The use of sampling methods for the collection of particulars
relevant to any survey is hereby authorized.

7. All completed schedules collected or received by census officers
for a survey and all copies thereof shall be destroyed within 2 years
after the survey month.





SCHEDULE [para. 4.1

PARTICULARS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN IN RESPECT
OF
TRADING ESTABLISHMENTS

Monthly total value of sales of goods.

the establishment, of goods sold by hire-purchase or instalment contracts
should be included at the time of transaction. Payments received from
accounts receivable from goods sold on credit or by, hire-purchase contracts
in earlier periods should be excluded.
L.N. 22/81. Citation. Interpretation. Survey of monthly retail sales. Particulars required to be given. Schedule. Persons required to give particulars. Sampling methods may be used. Date for destruction of schedules.

L.N. 22/81. Citation. Interpretation. Survey of monthly retail sales. Particulars required to be given. Schedule. Persons required to give particulars. Sampling methods may be used. Date for destruction of schedules.

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