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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-order-1990/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/243",
  "legislation_title": "The Census Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-order-1990",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Particulars to be stated in the returns",
  "text": "(1) Every return referred to in paragraphs (1) to (5) of Article 5 shall state with respect to each person required to be included in that return the particulars specified in items 1–14 of Schedule 2 except that:–\n(a) in the case of any person who is a member of a naval, military or air force, the return shall not state the particulars specified at items 14(a) (i)–(iii) or (v) of Schedule 2 but shall state “Armed Forces” together with whether the person is a commissioned officer, and, if the force of which he is a member is not a United Kingdom force, the country of whose forces he is a member;\n(b) in the case of a person who in accordance with Article 5(3) makes a return with respect to himself, the return which falls to be made in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 5 shall state, with respect to that person, only the particulars specified in items 1, 5 and 6 of Schedule 2;\n(c) in the case of any return referred to in paragraphs (3), (4) or (5) of Article 5 the particulars specified in item 6 of Schedule 2 shall not be stated.\n(2) Every return made in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 5 shall state also the particulars specified in items 15–19 of Schedule 2.\n(3) Every return referred to in paragraph (6) of Article 5 shall state:–\n(a) in the case of any premises mentioned in column (1) of Group II the particulars specified in item 1 of Schedule 3 with respect to all persons mentioned in column (2) of that Group, together with the particulars specified in items 2 and 3 of that Schedule;\n(b) in the case of any premises mentioned in column (1) of Group III or IV the particulars specified in item 1 of Schedule 3 with respect to all persons mentioned in column (2) of those Groups, together with the particulars specified in item 2 of that Schedule;\n(c) in the case of any vessel mentioned in column (1) of Group IV or V the particulars specified in item 1 of Schedule 3 with respect to all persons mentioned in column (2) of those Groups.\n(4) In Wales, every return referred to in paragraphs (1) to (5) of Article 5 shall state the additional particulars specified in item 20 of Schedule 2, except that in the case of a person who, in accordance with Article 5(3) makes a return with respect to himself, the return which falls to be made in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 5 shall not include those additional particulars with respect to that person.\n(5) In Scotland:–\n(a) every return referred to in paragraphs (1) to (5) of Article 5 shall state the additional particulars specified in item 21 of Schedule 2, except that in the case of a person who, in accordance with Article 5(3) makes a return with respect to himself, the return which falls to be made in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 5 shall not include those additional particulars with respect to that person; and\n(b) every return referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 5 shall state the additional particulars specified in item 22 of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/243/article/6",
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  },
  "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."
}