Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2019 Explained

Short Title:	Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2019
Type:	Scottish Act
Parliament:	Scottish Parliament
Long Title:	An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Census Act 1920 to enable particulars about transgender status and history and sexual orientation to be gathered voluntarily.
Year:	2019
Citation:	2019 asp 12
Introduced By:	Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs^[1]
Territorial Extent:	Scotland
Royal Assent:	18 July 2019
Related Legislation:	Census Act 1920
Status:	Current
Original Text:	https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/12/pdfs/asp_20190012_en.pdf

The Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2019 is an act of the Scottish Parliament. The act made provisions for the inclusion of sexual orientation and transgender status in the Census.

Provisions

The provisions of the Act include:

Amending the Census Act 1920 to add sections regarding transgender status and sexual orientation which would add questions on these topics to the next census.^[2] ^[3]

See also

United Kingdom census, 2021
Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Act 2019 - a similar Act for England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Notes and References

Web site: Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill . . 5 October 2019.
Web site: 1 - Particulars about transgender status and history and sexual orientation may be gathered in census . . 5 October 2019.
Web site: Brooks . Libby . Holyrood backs new census questions on transgender identity . . 5 October 2019 . 13 June 2019.