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          Part II</Number><Title>Legal Services</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/41/part/II/crossheading/extension-of-conveyancing-services" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/41/part/II/crossheading/extension-of-conveyancing-services" NumberOfProvisions="21" id="part-II-crossheading-extension-of-conveyancing-services" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="1991-04-01"><Title> Extension of conveyancing services</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="2009-03-31"><Title> Investigatory powers of <Acronym Expansion="Office of Fair Trading"><Addition ChangeId="d29p2862" CommentaryRef="c12474461">OFT</Addition></Acronym>.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/41/section/46" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/41/section/46" id="section-46"><Pnumber>46</Pnumber><P1para><Text><CommentaryRef Ref="c20054291"/>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c12474461" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in s. 46 sidenote substituted (1.4.2003) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40" id="c00759" Year="2002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="40">2002 c. 40</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00760" CitationRef="c00759" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40/section/278" SectionRef="section-278">ss. 278</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00761" CitationRef="c00759" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40/section/279" SectionRef="section-279">279</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00762" CitationRef="c00759" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40/schedule/25" SectionRef="schedule-25">Sch. 25</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00763" CitationRef="c00759" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40/paragraph/23/3/b" SectionRef="paragraph-23-3-b">para. 23(3)(b)</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/766" id="c00764" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2003" Number="766">S.I. 2003/766</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00765" CitationRef="c00764" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/766/article/2" SectionRef="article-2" Operative="true">art. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00766" CitationRef="c00764" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/766/schedule" SectionRef="schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c00767" CitationRef="c00764" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/766/article/3" SectionRef="article-3">art. 3</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c19949121" Type="C"><Para><Text>Pt. 2: transfer of functions (19.8.2003) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1887" id="c01267" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2003" Number="1887" Title="The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003">The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01268" CitationRef="c01267" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1887/article/4" SectionRef="article-4">arts. 4</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c01269" CitationRef="c01267" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1887/article/5" SectionRef="article-5">5</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c01270" CitationRef="c01267" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1887/schedule/1" SectionRef="schedule-1" Operative="true">Sch. 1</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c01271" CitationRef="c01267" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1887/article/6" SectionRef="article-6">arts. 6</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c01272" CitationRef="c01267" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1887/article/8" SectionRef="article-8">8</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c20054291" Type="F"><Para><Text>Ss. 34-52 repealed (31.3.2009) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29" id="c00769" Year="2007" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29" Title="Legal Services Act 2007">Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00770" CitationRef="c00769" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29/section/208" SectionRef="section-208">ss. 208</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00771" CitationRef="c00769" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29/section/210" SectionRef="section-210">210</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00772" CitationRef="c00769" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29/section/211" SectionRef="section-211">211</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00773" CitationRef="c00769" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29/schedule/21/paragraph/87" SectionRef="schedule-21-paragraph-87">Sch. 21 para. 87</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00774" CitationRef="c00769" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29/schedule/23" SectionRef="schedule-23" Operative="true">Sch. 23</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c00775" CitationRef="c00769" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29/section/29" SectionRef="section-29">ss. 29</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00776" CitationRef="c00769" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29/section/192" SectionRef="section-192">192</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00777" CitationRef="c00769" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/29/section/193" SectionRef="section-193">193</CitationSubRef>); 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