Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2000

2000 asp 3 · Enacted 10 April 2000 · Extends to Scotland

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Provision	Change	Made by
specified amended provision(s)	Commencement Order	The Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2004 art. 2

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Census Act 1920 to enable particulars about religion to be gathered.

The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed on 15th March 2000 and received Royal Assent on 10 April 2000

(1)

In the Schedule to the Census Act 1920 (c.41) (matters in respect of which particulars may be required), after paragraph 5 there is inserted—

“
5A
Religion.”.

(2)

In section 8 (penalties) of that Act, after subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1A)
But no person shall be liable to a penalty under subsection (1) for refusing or neglecting to state any particulars in respect of religion.”.

This Act may be cited as the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2000.

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