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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.
The Census Act 1800 – also known as the Population Act 1800 – (41 Geo. 3. (G.B.) c. 15) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which enabled the first Census of England, Scotland and Wales to be undertaken. The census was carried out in 1801 and has been repeated almost every ten years thereafter.
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 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 ...
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An Act to amend sections forty-two, fifty-one, fifty-four, sixty-nine, one hundred and three, one hundred and fifteen, and one hundred and twenty-one of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, and Articles nineteen, twenty-four, and thirty-six of the Schedule to the Local Government (Application of Enactments) Order, 1898.
The census was conducted under the Census Act 1920, which prohibits disclosure for 100 years after the census was taken. [4]On 27 February 2019 Findmypast announced that it had been awarded the contract by the UK National Archives (in association with the Office for National Statistics) to digitise the 1921 census for England and Wales and publish it online. [1]
The Census (Amendment) Act 2000 (2000 c. 24) and Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2000 (2000 asp 3) are acts of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and Scotland, respectively. They introduced a question on the religion of respondents to the censuses of Great Britain .