The Census (Confidentiality) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1991 No. 760 — creates 2 criminal offences.

Made

20 March 1991

In force from

22 April 1991

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Miscellaneous

Made under

Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991, Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order is made only for purposes corresponding to section 1 of the Census (Confidentiality) Act 1991. It makes provision with respect to the unlawful use or disclosure of information acquired in connection with the discharge of functions under the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.

Offences created by this instrument

• Unlawful disclosure of information article 3 · Status not determined · Strict liability
• Unlawful disclosure of information article 3 · Status not determined · Strict liability

How Parliament handled it

Parliament's Statutory Instruments service records procedure from May 2017 onwards, and this instrument predates it. That is a limit of the source, not a statement that nothing happened.

Check the source

• This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
• Other instruments from 1991