7.—(1) The Population (Statistics) Act 1938 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsections (2) and (3) of section 2 (collection of information, &c.), for the words which are to be construed as referring to the Secretary of State there shall be substituted the words “the Chancellor of the Exchequer”.
(3) In section 6 (application to Scotland), for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—
“(a)references to the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall be construed as references to the Secretary of State;.”