22. For section 5 of the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 8) (statistics between one census and another) there shall be substituted—
“5. The Registrar General shall—
collect and publish from time to time any available statistical information concerning the population of Northern Ireland in the interval between one census and another, and otherwise further the supply of, and provide for the better co-ordination of, such information; and
make arrangements with public authorities (within the meaning of the Northern Ireland Act 1998) for the purpose of acquiring any materials or information for the purposes of paragraph (a).” .