S.I. No. 45/1998:

STATISTICS (CENSUS OF INDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES PRODUCTION) ORDER, 1998.

STATISTICS (CENSUS OF INDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES PRODUCTION) ORDER, 1998.

I, SÉAMUS BRENNAN, Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 25 (1) of the Statistics Act, 1993 (No. 21 of 1993), and the Statistics (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 327 of 1997 , hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Census of Industrial Commodities Production) Order, 1998.

2. This Order applies to all undertakings engaged in activities described in the First Schedule to this Order.

3. The Central Statistics Office shall be provided with the information specified in Article 4 of this Order in statistical form pursuant to surveys (the first of which shall be in the year 1998 and the last of which shall be in the year 2002) undertaken by the Central Statistics Office at intervals of not more than 12 months and shall be so provided in accordance with directions under section 26 of the Statistics Act, 1993 (No. 21 of 1993).

4. An undertaking to which this Order applies is hereby required to provide the Central Statistics Office with information in relation to its activities and, in particular, shall so provide the information specified in the Second Schedule to this Order.

FIRST SCHEDULE

1. Non-energy producing minerals:

Prospecting or exploration (including the preparation of sites) for and extraction and processing on non-energy producing minerals and derived products.

2. Manufacturing industries:

The mechanical or chemical transformation of organic or inorganic substances into new products, together with associated repair work and the assembly of component parts of manufactured products.

SECOND SCHEDULE

1. Name of undertaking.

2. Address of registered office or principal place of business in the State.

3. If branch premises, name and address of headquarters of undertaking.

4. Business or trading name.

5. Description of activities conducted.

6. Year undertaking commenced production in the State.

7. Number of persons employed by undertaking.

8. Particulars of the quantity and value of commodities produced and sold during the year by the undertaking and, where appropriate, the amount received by the undertaking in respect of commodities produced by it on commission on behalf of another undertaking.

GIVEN under my hand, this 20th day of February, 1998.

SÉAMUS BRENNAN,

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach.