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RestrictStartDate="2009-11-30"><Title> Transfers between England or Wales and Northern Ireland.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/54/section/25/ni" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/54/section/25" id="section-25"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-5bd791c609bc2d6f33a524bfb834717a"/><CommentaryRef Ref="c8355351"/><CommentaryRef Ref="c8355361"/>25</Pnumber><P1para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Version></Versions><Commentaries><Commentary id="c8355151" Type="C"><Para><Text>Ss. 25, 26: power to amend conferred (14.10.1991) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/41" id="c00512" Year="1989" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="41" Title="Children Act 1989">Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00513" CitationRef="c00512" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/41/section/101/5/a" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-101-5-a">s. 101(5)(a)</CitationSubRef>, (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/828" id="c00514" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1991" Number="828">S.I. 1991/828</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00515" CitationRef="c00514" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/828/article/3/2" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-3-2">art. 3(2)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c8355161" Type="E"><Para><Text>This version of this provision extends to E.W. only; a seperate version has been created for N.I. only</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c8355351" Type="C"><Para><Text>Ss. 25, 26: power to amend conferred (14.10.1991) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/41" id="c00572" Year="1989" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="41" Title="Children Act 1989">Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00573" CitationRef="c00572" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/41/section/101/5/a" Operative="true" SectionRef="section-101-5-a">s. 101(5)(a)</CitationSubRef>, (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/828" id="c00574" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1991" Number="828">S.I. 1991/828</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00575" CitationRef="c00574" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/828/article/3/2" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-3-2">art. 3(2)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c8355361" Type="E"><Para><Text>This version of this provision extends to N.I. only; a separate version has been created for E.W. only</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-5bd791c609bc2d6f33a524bfb834717a" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="cq2i8ghp2-00005" SectionRef="section-25" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/54/section/25">S. 25</CitationSubRef> repealed (30.11.2009) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/4" id="cq2i8ghp2-00006" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2008" Number="4" Title="Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008">Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cq2i8ghp2-00007" CitationRef="cq2i8ghp2-00006" SectionRef="section-153-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/4/section/153/7">s. 153(7)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cq2i8ghp2-00008" CitationRef="cq2i8ghp2-00006" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-15" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/4/schedule/4/paragraph/15">Sch. 4 para. 15</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cq2i8ghp2-00009" CitationRef="cq2i8ghp2-00006" SectionRef="schedule-28-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/4/schedule/28/part/1" Operative="true">Sch. 28 Pt. 1</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="cq2i8ghp2-00010" CitationRef="cq2i8ghp2-00006" SectionRef="schedule-27-paragraph-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/4/schedule/27/paragraph/1">Sch. 27 paras. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cq2i8ghp2-00011" CitationRef="cq2i8ghp2-00006" SectionRef="schedule-27-paragraph-5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/4/schedule/27/paragraph/5">5</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/3074" id="cq2i8ghp2-00012" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="3074" Title="The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (Commencement No.13 and Transitory Provision) Order 2009">S.I. 2009/3074</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cq2i8ghp2-00013" CitationRef="cq2i8ghp2-00012" SectionRef="article-2-p-iii" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/3074/article/2/p/iii">art. 2(p)(iii)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef id="cq2i8ghp2-00014" CitationRef="cq2i8ghp2-00012" SectionRef="article-2-p-u" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/3074/article/2/p/u">(u)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>