All census records prior to and including the 1926 Census are publicly available at Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Bill S-18, "An Act to Amend the Statistics Act", received Royal Assent on June 18, 2005. The act creates section 18.1 of the "Statistics Act", which releases personal census records to LAC for censuses taken between 1910 and 2005, inclusive, 92 years after the taking of a census. In the 2006 Census, Canadians were asked for the first time whether they consent to the release of their personal census information after 92 years. This means that 2006 Census records will be released to LAC in 2098 only for those respondents who consented to the release of their records. Census returns taken after 1926 are in the custody of Statistics Canada and disclosure of personal information from these records is not permitted. The only exception is for individuals who require information about themselves.