The Census (England) Regulations 2020

Interpretation

3.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1920 Act” means the Census Act 1920;

“the 2007 Act” means the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007(1);

“the Census Order” means the Census (England and Wales) Order 2020(2);

“address register” means the register and any subset of the register used by the Authority, which contains the address of each household and communal establishment in England of which the Authority is aware;

“appointee” means any person appointed under regulation 4 or appointed by the Authority before the coming into force of these Regulations for the purposes of taking the census;

“area operations manager” means a person appointed under regulation 4(1)(a);

“the Authority” means the Statistics Board established by section 1 of the 2007 Act;

“census” means the census directed to be taken by the Census Order;

“census co-ordinator” means a person appointed under regulation 4(1)(b)(i);

“census co-ordinator area” means an area created under regulation 4(1)(b)(i);

“census day” means 21st March 2021;

“census electronic device” means such electronic device as the Authority must provide under regulation 7(3);

“census officer” means an officer appointed under regulation 4(1)(c);

“census packs” means any of the packs described in regulation 8(3) to 8(5);

“communal establishment” means any establishment specified in Groups B to F of column 1 of Schedule 1 to the Census Order;

“communal establishment co-ordinator” means a person appointed under regulation 4(1)(b)(ii);

“communal establishment co-ordinator area” means an area created under regulation 4(1)(b)(ii);

“communal establishment officer” means an officer appointed under regulation 4(1)(c);

“communal establishment pack” means an online communal establishment pack or a paper communal establishment pack;

“completed questionnaire” means a questionnaire completed with the particulars which the Census Order requires a prescribed person to provide and which were correct at midnight on census day;

“dwelling” has the meaning given by article 2(1) of the Census Order;

“elector” means a prescribed person who elects to make an individual return under article 5(5) of the Census Order;

“electronically” means using the internet;

“enumeration district” means a district created under regulation 4(1)(c);

“fieldwork management tool” means such electronic system as the Authority must provide under regulation 7(2);

“household” has the meaning given by article 2(1) of the Census Order;

“household continuation pack” means a pack as described in regulation 8(5);

“householder” has the meaning given by article 2(1) of the Census Order;

“household pack” means an online household pack or a paper household pack;

“individual pack” means an online individual pack or a paper individual pack;

“individual return” has the meaning given by article 2(1) of the Census Order;

“online communal establishment pack” means such a pack as described in regulation 8(3);

“online household pack” means such a pack as described in regulation 8(3);

“online individual pack” means such a pack as described in regulation 8(3);

“online questionnaire” means any of questionnaire H1(online), questionnaire I1(online), or questionnaire CE1(online);

“paper communal establishment pack” means such a pack as described in regulation 8(4);

“paper household pack” means such a pack as described in regulation 8(4);

“paper individual pack” means such a pack as described in regulation 8(4);

“paper questionnaire” means any of questionnaire H1(paper), questionnaire HC1(paper), questionnaire I1(paper), or questionnaire CE1(paper);

“personal information” has the meaning given by section 39(2) of the 2007 Act;

“prescribed person” means a person required by the Census Order to make a return or any person making a return on behalf of such a person in accordance with the Census Order;

“questionnaire” means any online or paper questionnaire;

“questionnaire identification number” means a numeric, machine readable identifier which is unique to each questionnaire;

“questionnaire tracking system” means such electronic system as the Authority must provide under regulation 7(1);

“replacement unique access code” means a unique access code that is different from and replaces a unique access code already provided;

“reply-paid envelope” means an envelope which is pre-addressed and which does not require payment by the sender;

“unique access code” means a code which gives unique internet access to each questionnaire H1(online), each questionnaire I1(online) and each questionnaire CE1(online); and

“usual resident” has the meaning given by article 2(3)(a) of the Census Order.

(2) In these Regulations the following abbreviations apply—

Abbreviation (when used with the term “questionnaire”)	Meaning
H1(online)	“Household Questionnaire (online)” as referred to in column (2) of the table in Schedule 1
I1(online)	“Individual Questionnaire (online)” as referred to in column (2) of the table in Schedule 1
CE1(online)	“Communal Establishment Questionnaire (online)” as referred to in column (2) of the table in Schedule 1
H1(paper)	“Household Questionnaire (paper)” as referred to in column (2) of the table in Schedule 1
HC1(paper)	“Household Continuation Questionnaire (paper)” as referred to in column (2) of the table in Schedule 1
I1(paper)	“Individual Questionnaire (paper)” as referred to in column (2) of the table in Schedule 1
CE1(paper)	“Communal Establishment Questionnaire (paper)” as referred to in column (2) of the table in Schedule 1

(1)

2007 c. 18.

(2)

S. I. 2020/532.