What the official record says
This Act is the Duties of Statutory Officers (Census and Other Remedial Provisions) Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. amends the Statistics Act 1975. Section 23(1) is amended by omitting and substituting . Section 23 is amended by adding the following subsections: Despite subsection (2), in the case of the 2013 census of population and dwellings, the Statistician must, by notice given in the as soon as practicable after the commencement of this subsection, appoint the day on which the census must be taken and the time with reference to which the particulars must relate. The notice given under must be treated for all purposes as a Proclamation made under subsection (2), and subsection (3) applies with the necessary modifications