Regulation 17 Return of questionnaires from communal establishments
Every prescribed person to whom an online communal establishment pack has been sent or delivered at a communal establishment, or on whose behalf delivery was taken under these Regulations, must, unless that prescribed person has requested a paper communal establishment pack, by census day or as soon as possible thereafter use the unique access code provided to access the online questionnaire CE4 and complete and submit that questionnaire electronically in accordance with the instructions provided online.
Every prescribed person to whom a paper communal establishment pack has been sent or delivered at a communal establishment, or on whose behalf delivery was taken under these Regulations, must by census day or as soon as possible thereafter—
complete the paper questionnaire CE4; or
use the unique access code provided to access the online questionnaire CE4 and complete and submit that questionnaire electronically in accordance with the instructions provided online.
Every prescribed person who has received an individual pack under regulation 15(4) must by census day or as soon as possible thereafter -
complete the paper questionnaire I4, place it in the pre-paid reply envelope provided, and hand it to the person completing the online or the paper questionnaire CE4 in respect of the communal establishment; or
complete the paper questionnaire I4, place it in the pre-paid reply envelope provided, and send that questionnaire to the Registrar General by post; or
use the unique access code provided to access the online questionnaire I4 and complete and submit that questionnaire electronically in accordance with the instructions provided online.
The person to whom any paper questionnaires I4 are handed under paragraph (3)(a) must collect those completed questionnaires and retain them in a safe place, together with any paper questionnaire CE4, completed in accordance with Regulation 17(2)(a), until all paper questionnaires are collected by the communal establishment co-ordinator in accordance with paragraph (5).
The communal establishment co-ordinator must make arrangements to collect any completed copies of paper questionnaires I4 and CE4 from each communal establishment.
In respect of each paper or online questionnaire I4 and CE4 collected in accordance with this regulation, the communal establishment coordinator must make a record on the questionnaire tracking system in accordance with Regulation 8(1)(h).
The communal establishment co-ordinator must make a record in the fieldwork management tool in accordance with directions issued by the Registrar General, to show that paper questionnaires have been received from the address of a communal establishment.
When a completed online questionnaire CE4 or I4 has been received by the Registrar General electronically under this regulation, the Registrar General must ensure that a confirmation of receipt is offered electronically to the person returning that questionnaire.