The Census (Ireland) Act 1900 was an

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of the

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, given royal assent on 9 April 1900. The Act laid down the methods for taking the

1901 United Kingdom census The United Kingdom Census 1901 was the 11th nationwide census conducted in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and was done on 31st March 1901 "relating to the persons returned as living at midnight on Sunday, March 31st". The total p ...

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. The legislative basis for the census to take place in England, Scotland and Wales was provided by the Census (Great Britain) Act 1900. The Act pertaining to Ireland was repealed in the

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by the Oireachtas passing the

Statute Law Revision Act 1983 __NOTOC__ The Statute Law Revision Act 1983 (No 11) is an Act of the Oireachtas. Section 1 of the Act, with the Schedule, repeals, for the Republic of Ireland, various Acts of the Parliament of Ireland, the Parliament of England, the Parliamen ...

.Statute Law Revision Act, 1983
Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 7 December 2022. In the United Kingdom, it was repealed in part by the

Statute Law Revision Act 1908 The Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (8 Edw 7 c 49) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It repealed the whole or part of Acts, from the Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Act, 1887 to the Appropriation Act, 1900. This Act was repealed for t ...

, with the residue repealed by the

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References

{{Reflist United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1900 Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament Censuses in the United Kingdom Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Ireland 1900 in Ireland