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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-amendment-scotland-act-2000/section-1",
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  "legislation": "asp/2000/3",
  "legislation_title": "Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-amendment-scotland-act-2000",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Particulars about religion may be gathered in census",
  "text": "(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—\n“\n5A Religion.”.\n(2) In section 8 (penalties) of that Act, after subsection (1) there is inserted—\n“(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.”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/3/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:28.630952+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}