The Census (Wales) Regulations 2010

Return of questionnaires from communal establishments

11.—(1) Every prescribed person to whom packs have been delivered at a communal establishment or on whose behalf delivery was taken under these Regulations must complete questionnaire CE1 or questionnaire CE2W on the day after census day or as soon after as is reasonably practicable.

(2) Every prescribed person who has been handed a regular or reply-paid individual pack under regulation 9(4) must on the day after census day or as soon after as is reasonably practicable—

(a) complete questionnaire I2 or questionnaire I2W, place it in the individual return envelope provided and hand it to the person completing questionnaire CE1 or questionnaire CE2W in respect of the communal establishment;

(b) complete questionnaire I2 or questionnaire I2W, place it in the reply-paid envelope (if one is provided) and send the questionnaire to the Authority by post; or

(c) return the information requested by questionnaire I2 or questionnaire I2W electronically using such an electronic system as the Authority may provide for this purpose and in accordance with any additional information included in the accompanying pack.

(3) The person completing questionnaire CE1 or questionnaire CE2W in respect of a communal establishment must collect all the copies of questionnaire I2 or questionnaire I2W handed over in accordance with paragraph (2)(a) and keep them safe, together with the completed questionnaire CE1 or questionnaire CE2W, until the questionnaires are collected by a census officer in accordance with paragraph (4).

(4) The census co-ordinator must make arrangements for a census officer to collect the completed copies of questionnaire I2 or I2W and CE1 or CE2W from each communal establishment.

(5) In respect of each questionnaire I2 or I2W and CE1 or CE2W collected in accordance with this regulation the census officer must make a record in the appropriate place in the special enumeration record book for that enumeration district.

(6) The census officer must pass the questionnaires collected under paragraph (4) and the records prepared under paragraph (5) to the census co-ordinator who must make a record in the questionnaire tracking system, in accordance with directions issued by the Authority, to show that questionnaires have been received from that address.

(7) When a completed questionnaire I2 or I2W has been received by the Authority electronically, the Authority must ensure that a confirmation of receipt is sent electronically to the person returning the questionnaire.