CENSUS AND STATISTICS (QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT) ORDER

CENSUS AND STATISTICS (QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT) ORDER

CENSUS AND STATISTICS (QUARTERLY SURVEY OF
CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT) ORDER

(Cap. 316, section 11)

[5 March 1982]

1. This order may be cited as the Census and Statistics
(Quarterly Survey of Construction Output) Order.
2. In this order, unless the context otherwise requires-

'construction' means any of the following

(a)the erection, maintenance or repair of buildings or other
immobile structures;

(b)the physical development of land for purposes other than
agriculture;

(c)site formation, piling, caissons or other sub-structure work;

(d)the installation of service facilities in buildings or other
immobile structures, whether under construction or already in
use;

(e)the demolition of existing buildings or other immobile
structures;

any specific processes constituting part of the activities
specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) inclusive;

-construction undertaking' means any undertaking engaged in
construction;

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

'survey period' means the survey period specified under paragraph 6.

3. A statistical survey shall be carried out by the Commissioner on
the expiration of each survey period in respect of construction
undertakings in Hong Kong for the purpose of compiling statistics
relating to the construction output thereof in the survey period.

4. For the purpose of the survey, the particulars specified in the
Schedule shall be given in respect of construction undertakings for the
survey period and shall be furnished to the Commissioner in accordance
with such form of questionnaire as the Commissioner may issue for that
purpose and within such period as he may therein specify.





5. The particulars required to be given under paragraph 4 in
respect of a construction undertaking shall be given-

(a)in the case of a construction undertaking which is a body
corporate, by a director, secretary or other person con-
cerned in the management thereof,

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

(c)in any other case, by the proprietor of the construction
undertaking.

6. For the purpose of this order, the survey period shall be-

(a) January, February and March 1982;

(b) each period of 3 consecutive months thereafter.

7. The use of sampling methods for the collection of particu-
lars relevant to any survey is authorized.

8. This order shall apply in relation to a construction under-
taking notwithstanding that it commenced business after the com-
mencement of a survey period or ceased to carry on business during
that period.

9. All completed schedules collected or received by census
officers for a survey and all copies thereof shall be destroyed not
later than 24 months after the relevant survey period.

SCHEDULE [para. 4.1

PARTICULARS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN IN RESPECT OF
CONSTRUCTION UNDERTAKINGS

Nature of activities of the undertaking.
Value of construction work performed at building and construction sites, at other
minor new construction work locations, and at erected buildings and structures,
in the capacity of a main contractor or a sub-contractor.
Site particulars and value of construction work performed at each site, for main
contractors operating at building and construction sites.
L.N. 68/82. Citation. Interpretation. Quarterly survey of construction output. Particulars required to be given. Schedule. Persons required to give particulars. The Survey period. Sampling methods may be used. Application of order in certain cases. Date for destruction of schedules.

L.N. 68/82. Citation. Interpretation. Quarterly survey of construction output. Particulars required to be given. Schedule. Persons required to give particulars. The Survey period. Sampling methods may be used. Application of order in certain cases. Date for destruction of schedules.

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