Hi Ray There is a reference in the link below to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 exempting personal Census records from disclosure until after a 100 year closure period. I haven't looked at the Act to see exactly what it says http://www.1911census.org.uk/scotland.htm Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray@whatsinaname.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] 100 year limit >> Aye, Andy. Gavin has written to me with a similar view and it seems from > Chris Paton's blog you cite that you are right and the Scottish 1931 > records > are safe. Hooray. > > Gavin has also questioned whether the Whitehall decisions - specifically > the > 1920 Act and the 1991 amendment - still hold sway in Scotland. When they > were enacted they certainly did cover Scotland [1920 paragraph 9, and 1991 > Paragraph , section "(2)"]. > > I freely admit that I don't know if that has been superseded by the > Scottish > devolution act or later amendments to it. Maybe someone with a better > grasp > of the legalese of the Acts could find out???? The verbiage confuses the > wotsit out of me! > > -- > Best wishes > > Ray >

Andy Candlish wrote: > Hi Ray > > There is a reference in the link below to the Freedom of Information > (Scotland) Act 2002 exempting personal Census records from disclosure until > after a 100 year closure period. I haven't looked at the Act to see exactly > what it says > > http://www.1911census.org.uk/scotland.htm > > Andy > > > Yes the Scottish 1931 Census is safe as it was not stored in the English warehouse that burnt down. The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (2002) *http://tinyurl.com/ykqyxa8 *specificallly notes census records as exempt in section 38. The 1939 national Registration should be easy to access as the exepmtion apparently being used is that it is part of a persons medical record. However a NHS spokens clearly stated in 1953 that that was not the case as the NHS had wholley abandoned use of the 1939 national Registration *http://tinyurl.com/ygqblls* Cheers Guy --

2009/12/9 Andy Candlish <andycandlish@ozemail.com.au> wrote: Hi Ray > > There is a reference in the link below to the Freedom of Information > (Scotland) Act 2002 exempting personal Census records from disclosure until > after a 100 year closure period. I haven't looked at the Act to see exactly > what it says > > http://www.1911census.org.uk/scotland.htm > > Andy > -------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Andy Now we know [ish!]. Lets hope no jobsworth decides to overturn the decision. Ray