(Consolidated up to 21/2016)

ALBERTA REGULATION 145/2009

Office of Statistics and Information Act

office of statistics and information regulation

Mandatory census or survey

1   The Minister shall not determine that a census or survey is mandatory unless the Minister considers that one of the following applies to it:

                               (a)    it is required to fulfill a specific requirement of federal or Alberta legislation;

                              (b)    its purpose is to collect data that are expected to have a direct influence on the development, implementation or management of government programs or policies and a mandatory census or survey is needed to provide the quality of data required for this purpose.

2   Repealed AR 21/2016 s2.

Coming into force

3   This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of the Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008.