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The Census (Scotland) Regulations 2010
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- 2010 No. 211
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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These Regulations provide for the detailed arrangements necessary for the conduct of the census directed to be taken by the Census (Scotland) Order 2010. That Order identifies the persons about whom returns must be made and the persons who must submit returns. It also sets out the information which must be provided in returns.
Regulation 3 provides for the division of Scotland into census districts, enumeration districts and census regions.
Regulation 4 provides for the appointment of officers for census purposes.
Regulation 5 provides that the forms of return to be completed (manually or electronically) are those identified in Schedule 1 and set out in Schedule 2.
Regulation 6 deals with the supply of forms of return and other documentation for census purposes.
Regulations 7 and 8 provide for the delivery of forms of return to households.
Regulation 9 provides for the delivery of forms of return to communal establishments and regulation 10 provides that persons in charge of communal establishments must issue individual forms to persons in the premises who are required to make a return.
Regulation 11 provides for the insertion of addresses and other information by officers where this is not pre-printed on forms.
Regulation 12 deals with the return of completed forms of return from households, and regulation 13 with the collection of completed forms of return from communal establishments.
Regulation 14 imposes obligations to provide information on request.
Regulation 15 deals with the action to be taken after census day, including the checking of returns and the making of inquiries where proper returns have not been made.
Regulation 16 provides for the delivery of completed returns and other documents by census officers to the Registrar General.
Regulation 17 provides that records must be kept.
Regulation 18 deals with prevention of unauthorised access to personal census information.
Regulation 19 provides that information given for census purposes must not be used, published or communicated other than for the purpose of the Act.
Regulation 20 revokes the Census (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and the Census (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000.
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