# The Transfer of Functions (Registration and Statistics) Order 1996, Paragraph 7


(1) The Population (Statistics) Act 1938 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In subsections (2) and (3) of section 2 (collection of information, &c.), for the words which are to be construed as referring to the Secretary of State there shall be substituted the words “the Chancellor of the Exchequer”.
(3) In section 6 (application to Scotland), for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—
“(a) references to the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall be construed as references to the Secretary of State;.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/273/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-registration-and-statistics-order-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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