{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-wales-regulations-2020/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-wales-regulations-2020/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2020/555",
  "legislation_title": "The Census (Wales) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-wales-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Census, Wales\nMade 28 May 2020\nLaid before Senedd Cymru 1 June 2020\nComing into force 26 June 2020\nThe Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 3(1) of the Census Act 1920, and having consulted with the Statistics Board in accordance with section 3(1A) of that Act, make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1920 c. 41. Section 3(1) was amended by Part 16 of Schedule 1 to the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c. 50), and by section 25 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c. 18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 3(1A) was inserted by section 25 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/555/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:16:13.132102+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."
}