The Census (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Duties on persons in charge of communal establishments

4.—(1) This regulation applies where a person (“P”) is required to make a return under article 5(6) of the Census Order and has received access codes or paper questionnaires from the Registrar General in respect of returns to be made under article 5(7) of the Census Order.

(2) P must issue an access code or paper questionnaire to every person within the premises required to make a return by article 5(7) of the Census Order.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply in respect of any person who appears to P to be—

(a) aged under 16 years, or

(b) for any other reason, incapable of making a return.

(4) Where P has issued paper questionnaires under paragraph (2), P must collect the completed questionnaires and deliver them to the Registrar General by 2 May 2021 or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable.

(5) In this regulation—

“access code” means a code provided by the Registrar General for use by a person required to make a return under article 5(7) of the Census Order, other than a person within Group V (within the meaning of the Census Order), to access the electronic system provided by the Registrar General containing the questions, instructions, and response options set out in schedule 4,

“completed questionnaire” means a paper questionnaire which states the particulars required to be specified by article 6(1) and (5) of the Census Order in respect of the person making the return,

“paper questionnaire” means the questionnaire set out in schedule 8.