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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statistics-and-registration-service-act-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statistics-and-registration-service-act-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/18",
  "legislation_title": "Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statistics-and-registration-service-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 8 of the Census Act 1920 (penalties) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2)—\n(a) for “Registrar General for England and Wales or the Registrar General for Scotland (“the Registrars”)” substitute “ Registrar General for Scotland ”;\n(b) in paragraph (a) for “the control of either of the Registrars” substitute “ his control ”;\n(c) in paragraph (b) for “either of them” substitute “ him ”.\n(3) In subsection (6)—\n(a) in paragraph (a) for “a Registrar” substitute “ the Registrar General for Scotland ”;\n(b) in paragraph (b) for “one of the Registrars” substitute “ the Registrar General for Scotland ”;\n(c) in paragraph (c) for “a Registrar” substitute “ the Registrar General for Scotland ”.\n(4) In subsection (7) in the definition of “designated office” for “a Registrar”substitute “ the Registrar General for Scotland ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 1.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/839, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/18/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:39.032593+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."
}