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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/36/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1976/36/body" NumberOfProvisions="80" RestrictStartDate="2008-07-08"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/36/part/I" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1976/36/part/I" NumberOfProvisions="12" RestrictExtent="E+W" id="part-I" RestrictStartDate="2005-12-30"><Number>Part I</Number><Title> The Adoption Service</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/36/part/I/crossheading/welfare-of-children" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1976/36/part/I/crossheading/welfare-of-children" NumberOfProvisions="2" id="part-I-crossheading-welfare-of-children" RestrictStartDate="2005-12-30"><Title> Welfare of children</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2005-12-30"><Title> Duty to promote welfare of child.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/36/section/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1976/36/section/6" id="section-6"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-eef3a6c5e97ee17bdb8c67f97344d0a6"/>6</Pnumber><P1para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-eef3a6c5e97ee17bdb8c67f97344d0a6" Type="F"><Para><Text>Ss. 1-37 repealed (30.12.2005) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/38" id="d12e4" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="Adoption and Children Act 2002">Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cc116093260956" CitationRef="d12e4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/38/section/148/1" SectionRef="section-148-1">s. 148(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cc114518507871" CitationRef="d12e4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/38/schedule/5" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-5">Sch. 5</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="cc00005" CitationRef="d12e4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/38/schedule/4/paragraph/2" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-2">Sch. 4 paras. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cc153250324185" CitationRef="d12e4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/38/schedule/4/paragraph/6" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/38/schedule/4/paragraph/8" Type="group" StartSectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-6" EndSectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-8">6-8</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2897" id="d12e20" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2005" Number="2897">S.I. 2005/2897</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cc153791468141" CitationRef="d12e20" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/2897/article/2/b" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-2-b">art. 2(b)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>