(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides for the taking of a census for Great Britain on 21st April 1991. The Order specifies the persons by whom and with respect to whom the census returns are to be made and sets out the particulars to be stated in the returns.
The Order implements the European Community Council Directive of 26th May 1987 on the synchronization of general population censuses in 1991 (87/287/EEC).