(1)[F1The Statistics Board and the Registrar General for Scotland respectively] shall, as soon as may be after the taking of a census, prepare reports on the census returns, and every such report shall be printed and laid before both Houses of Parliament.
(2)[F2The Statistics Board or Registrar General for Scotland] may, if [F3it or he] so thinks fit, at the request and cost of any local authority or person, cause abstracts to be prepared containing any such statistical information, being information which is not contained in the reports made by [F4it or him] under this section and which in [F5its or his] opinion it is reasonable for that authority or person to require, as can be derived from the census returns.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 4(1) substituted (1.4.2008) by Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18), s. 74(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(2); S.I. 2008/839, art. 2
F2Words in s. 4(2) substituted (1.4.2008) by Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18), s. 74(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(a); S.I. 2008/839, art. 2
F3Words in s. 4(2) substituted (1.4.2008) by Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18), s. 74(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(b); S.I. 2008/839, art. 2
F4Words in s. 4(2) substituted (1.4.2008) by Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18), s. 74(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(c); S.I. 2008/839, art. 2
F5Words in s. 4(2) substituted (1.4.2008) by Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18), s. 74(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(3)(d); S.I. 2008/839, art. 2