Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make provision with respect to the unlawful disclosure of information acquired in connection with the discharge of functions under the Census Act 1920; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 1991 c. 6 |
| Territorial extent | Section 2 extends to Northern Ireland only. The rest of the act extends to Great Britain and does not extend to Northern Ireland.[2] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 March 1991 |
| Commencement | 7 March 1991 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Census Act 1920 |
Status: Current legislation | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991 (c. 6) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It gained royal assent on 7 March 1991.
The act amended section 8 of the Census Act 1920 by replacing a subsection concerning penalties for the unlawful disclosure of personal information from the census.
| Census (Confidentiality) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 | |
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| Statutory Instrument | |
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| Citation | SI 1991/760 |
| Dates | |
| Made | 20 March 1991 |
| Laid before Parliament | 3 April 1991 |
| Commencement | 22 April 1991 |
| Other legislation | |
| Made under | Northern Ireland Act 1974 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The act applies to Great Britain. Separate legislation in the form of the Census (Confidentiality) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (SI 1991/760) exists for Northern Ireland.
See also
References
- "Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991". Current Law Statutes Annotated 1991. Sweet & Maxwell. London. W Green. Edinburgh. 1991. Volume 1. Chapter 6.
- "The Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991". Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Butterworths. London. 1992. Binder 61: Continuation Binder 1991. Page 63.
- Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition Reissue. Volume 39(2). Para 634.
- Stan Openshaw. Census Users' Handbook. GeoInformation International. Pearson Professional Limited. 1995. p 400. Google
- John Stilwell. The Routledge Handbook of Census Resources, Methods and Applications. Routledge. 2018. p 135.
- "Treasury – Census", The Parliamentary Monitor 21
- Rex Sinnott, "The Census and Privacy in New Zealand" (April 2000) Archifacts 25 at 31
- Catherine Heeney. "Ethical challenges in the big data environment". Alistair S Duff (ed). Research Handbook on Information Policy. Edward Elgar. 2021. p 401.
- (1991) 54 Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, p 6. [1] [2]
- "An introduction to the OPCS Longitudinal Study" (1993) 25 Environment & Planning A 1387 at 1391
- Herman Wheeler. Law, Ethics and Professional Issues for Nursing. Routledge. London and New York. 2012. p 218.
- The 1991 Census User's Guide. HMSO. 1993. p 115. Google
- ^ The citation of this act by this short title was authorised by section 3(1) of this act.
- ^ The Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991, section 3(2)
External links
- Text of the Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.