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          <Strong>Part V</Strong>
        </Number><Title> Miscellaneous and Supplementary</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/61/part/V/crossheading/miscellaneous" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/61/part/V/crossheading/miscellaneous" NumberOfProvisions="11" id="part-V-crossheading-miscellaneous" RestrictStartDate="2010-01-06"><Title> Miscellaneous</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="N.I."><Title>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <CommentaryRef Ref="c2576141"/></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/61/section/63" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/61/section/63" id="section-63"><Pnumber>63</Pnumber><P1para><Text/></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c2576141" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c01814" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/61/section/63" SectionRef="section-63">S. 63</CitationSubRef> repealed by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/41" id="c01815" Year="1990" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="41" Title="Courts and Legal Services Act 1990">Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01816" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/41/section/109/5" CitationRef="c01815" SectionRef="section-109-5">ss. 109(5)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c01817" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/41/section/125/7" CitationRef="c01815" SectionRef="section-125-7">125(7)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c01818" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/41/schedule/20" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01815" SectionRef="schedule-20">Sch. 20</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>