The Census (England and Wales) Order 2020

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“census day” means 21st March 2021;

“census night” means the night of 21st March into 22nd March 2021;

“dwelling” includes any part of a dwelling and any caravan, boat, vehicle, temporary building or other structure used as living accommodation;

“household” means one person living alone or a group of people (whether related or not) living at the same address who share cooking facilities and any one or more of the following—

(a)

living room,

(b)

sitting room,

(c)

dining area;

“householder” in relation to an address means a person who is a usual resident at that address and either—

(a)

owns or rents accommodation at that address, or

(b)

is responsible for paying household bills and expenses there,

or both and “joint householder” is to be interpreted accordingly;

“individual return”, in relation to any person, means a return made with respect to that person only;

“reckonable visitor” has the meaning given in paragraph (3)(b);

“usual resident” has the meaning given in paragraph (3)(a).

(2) In this Order, any reference to a Group is a reference to that Group as specified in Schedule 1.

(3) For the purposes of this Order—

(a) a person is a usual resident at an address in England or Wales of any dwelling, premises or vessel as specified in Groups A to F, in the following circumstances—

(i) in relation to an address in Group A, if the address is the usual address of that person, whether as a member of the household, paying guest, boarder, employee or otherwise (and ignoring any residence at any address in Group F, or any residence at a second address outside the United Kingdom provided that the person intends to remain outside the United Kingdom for less than 12 months);

(ii) in relation to an address in Group B or C, if that person has resided or intends to reside at the address for a period of 6 months or more beginning on or before census day;

(iii) in relation to an address in Group D, if that person is registered or otherwise enrolled as a full-time pupil or student at a residential or other educational establishment and living in accommodation provided solely for such pupils or students by or on behalf of the educational establishment and the address is a term-time address;

(iv) in relation to an address in Group E, if that person—

(aa) is in custody beginning on or before census day, whether at the address or elsewhere, and awaiting sentence, transfer, removal or deportation; or

(bb) has been sentenced to a period of 12 months or more in custody, beginning on or before census day, whether at the address or elsewhere;

(v) in relation to an address in Group F, if the address is the usual address of that person and, apart from such address, the person would have no other usual address in the United Kingdom; or

(vi) if that person stays overnight on census night at an address in Group A, B, C, D, E or F and has no usual address in the United Kingdom;

(b) a person is a reckonable visitor at an address in England or Wales if the person—

(i) is not a usual resident at that address (within the meaning of sub-paragraph (a)) and stays overnight on census night at that address; or

(ii) is a visitor from outside the United Kingdom and intends to stay in the United Kingdom for less than 3 months (beginning on the date of arrival in the United Kingdom);

(c) qualification as a reckonable visitor under sub-paragraph (b)(ii) overrides qualification as a usual resident under sub-paragraph (a).