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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-return-particulars-and-removal-of-penalties-act-2019/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2019/28",
  "legislation_title": "Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-return-particulars-and-removal-of-penalties-act-2019",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Census Act 1920",
  "text": "(1) The Census Act 1920 is amended as follows.\n(2) In the Schedule (matters in respect of which particulars may be required), after paragraph 5A insert—\n“\n5B Sexual orientation.\n5C Gender identity.”\n(3) In section 8 (penalties), in subsection (1A), at the end insert “ , sexual orientation or gender identity. ”",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/28/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:02:54.914990+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."
}