<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd"><act name="ukpga"><meta><identification source="#"><FRBRWork><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/39"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/39"/><FRBRdate date="1972-06-29" name="enacted"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/legislature/UnitedKingdomParliament"/><FRBRcountry value="GB-UKM"/><FRBRnumber value="39"/><FRBRname value="1972 c. 39"/><FRBRprescriptive value="true"/></FRBRWork><FRBRExpression><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/39/1996-08-22"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/39/1996-08-22"/><FRBRdate date="1996-08-22" name="validFrom"/><FRBRauthor href="#"/><FRBRlanguage language="eng"/></FRBRExpression><FRBRManifestation><FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/39/1996-08-22/data.akn"/><FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/39/1996-08-22/data.akn"/><FRBRdate date="2026-07-14+01:00" name="transform"/><FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/><FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/></FRBRManifestation></identification><lifecycle source="#"><eventRef refersTo="#enactment" date="1972-06-29" eId="date-enacted" source="#"/><eventRef date="1996-08-22" eId="date-1996-08-22" source="#"/></lifecycle><analysis source="#"><restrictions source="#"><restriction refersTo="#extent-e+w+s+ni" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#body" refersTo="#extent-e+w+s+ni" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#section-2" refersTo="#extent-e+w+s+ni" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction refersTo="#period-from-1996-08-22" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#body" refersTo="#period-to-1996-08-22" type="jurisdiction"/><restriction href="#section-2" refersTo="#period-to-1996-08-22" type="jurisdiction"/></restrictions><otherAnalysis source=""><uk:match href="#body" value="false"/><uk:match href="#section-2" value="false"/><uk:commentary href="#act" refersTo="#c822857"/></otherAnalysis></analysis><temporalData source="#"><temporalGroup eId="period-to-1996-08-22"><timeInterval end="#date-1996-08-22" refersTo="#"/></temporalGroup><temporalGroup eId="period-from-1996-08-22"><timeInterval start="#date-1996-08-22" refersTo="#"/></temporalGroup></temporalData><references source="#"><TLCEvent eId="enactment" href="" showAs="EnactmentDate"/><TLCLocation eId="extent-e+w+s+ni" href="/ontology/jurisdictions/uk.EnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIreland" showAs="E+W+S+N.I."/></references><notes source="#"><note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="c822857" marker="F1"><p>Act repealed (22.8.1996) by <ref eId="c00001" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16">1996 c. 16</ref>, <ref eId="c00002" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/section/103/3">ss. 103(3)</ref>, <ref eId="c00003" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/section/104/1">104(1)</ref>, <ref eId="c00004" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/schedule/9/part/I">Sch. 9 Pt. 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