Section 1: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

"business" means any person carrying on a commercial activity whether corporate or unincorporated; [Margin: Act No. 6 of 1991] "Constitution" means the Constitution of the Republic of Sierra Leone, 1991; "Council" means the Statistics Sierra Leone Council referred to in section 3; "document" includes— (a) a form, questionnaire, schedule, notice or report whether in printed or photographic form; (b) a documentary recording or transcribed computer printout or record capable of being produced as a printout by a mechanical or electronic device; (c) a medium or device by means of which information is recorded or stored; "household" means a group of people who live together at least four nights a week, eat together and share resources, or a single person who lives alone; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for development; "officer", in relation to Statistics Sierra Leone, means a member of the staff of Statistics Sierra Leone; "official statistics" means statistics designated as official statistics by the Statistician-General; No. 13 Statistics Act 2002 3 "other organisation" means any non-governmental or non-profit organisation, voluntary association or other organisation other than a business or household; "return" means a document completed by– (a) a respondent; or (b) an officer of Statistics Sierra Leone which produces statistics, for the purpose of producing official or other statistics; "statistical collection" means the process of– (a) conducting a population or other census or a sample survey; or (b) collating administrative records or data for statistical purposes; "Statistician-General" means the person appointed as Statistician-General under section 12; "statistics" means aggregated numerical information relating to demographic, economic, financial, environmental, social or similar matters, at national, regional or local level, which is compiled and analysed according to relevant scientific and statistical methodology. PART II–ESTABLISHMENT OF STATISTICS SIERRA LEONE [Margin: Eatablishment of Statistics Sierra Leone.]