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The Census Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 41) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Providing for a census for Great Britain (or any subsidiary part of it), on a date to be fixed by Order in Council, it remains the primary legislation for the provision of the UK census in England, Scotland, and Wales. A minimum of five years is ...
An Act to amend the Census Act 1920 and the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 in relation to the provision of particulars about sexual orientation and gender identity. [1] Citation: 2019 c. 28: Territorial extent England and Wales Section 1 only Northern Ireland Section 2 only [2] Dates; Royal assent: 8 October 2019 [1] Commencement: 8 October ...
The Census Act 1920 provides the legal framework for conducting all censuses in Great Britain (Scotland, [9] England, and Wales). The primary legislation for Northern Ireland was introduced in 1969. Before this legislation, it was necessary to have a separate act of parliament for each census. [10]
The Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991 (c 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It gained Royal Assent on 7 March 1991. It gained Royal Assent on 7 March 1991. The Act amended Section 8 of the Census Act 1920 by replacing a subsection concerning penalties for the unlawful disclosure of personal information from the census.
The census in the United Kingdom is decennial, that is, held every ten years, although there is provision in the Census Act 1920 for a census to take place at intervals of five years or more. There are actually three separate censuses in the United Kingdom – in England and Wales , Scotland , and Northern Ireland – although they are often co ...
An Act to amend the Army Act 1955, [b] the Air Force Act 1955 [c] and the Naval Discipline Act 1957 [d] in relation to custody, the right to elect court-martial trial and appeals against findings made or punishments awarded on summary dealing or summary trial; and for connected purposes. (Repealed by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52))
The post of Registrar General was created by the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836, and registration began in 1837. The Registrar General was soon given other responsibilities, such as the conduct of every census in England and Wales since 1841, and eventually came to be head of a primarily statistical organisation. In England and Wales ...
The Orders in Council to conduct the census, specifying the people and information to be included in the census, were made under the authority of the Census Act 1920 in Great Britain, and the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 in Northern Ireland. In England and Wales these regulations were made by the Census Order 2000 (SI 744/2000), in ...