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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-regulations-1990/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/307",
  "legislation_title": "The Census Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Census districts and enumeration districts",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of the census, the Registrar General shall divide England and Wales into census districts and shall divide each census district into enumeration districts.\n(2) The Registrar General may designate any number of adjoining census districts as a census area.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/307/regulation/3",
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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."
}