{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-scotland-order-2010/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-scotland-order-2010/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/187",
  "legislation_title": "The Census (Scotland) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-scotland-order-2010",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Persons with respect to whom the returns are to be made",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of the census, returns must be made in accordance with the provisions of this Order with respect to—\n(a) all persons who are usually resident in Scotland;\n(b) all persons in full-time education who do not fall within sub-paragraph (a), being persons who do not have a term-time address in Scotland, but who have a home address in Scotland; and\n(c) all visitors,\nwho are alive at midnight ending census day.\n(2) A return with respect to any person to whom paragraph (1) applies must be made in accordance with the provisions of this Order relating to the Group in which that person is included and any visitor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/187/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:55:46.382110+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."
}