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          <CommentaryRef Ref="c14527691"/>Part VIII</Number><Title> Lighthouses</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/part/VIII/crossheading/transfers-between-general-and-local-lighthouse-authorities/2000-03-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/part/VIII/crossheading/transfers-between-general-and-local-lighthouse-authorities" NumberOfProvisions="3" RestrictEndDate="2025-10-04" RestrictStartDate="1996-01-01" id="part-VIII-crossheading-transfers-between-general-and-local-lighthouse-authorities" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I."><Title> Transfers between general and local lighthouse authorities</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="1997-07-17"><Title>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/202/2000-03-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/202" id="section-202"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="c14527891"/>202</Pnumber><P1para><Text/></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c14527891" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c02510" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/202" SectionRef="section-202">S. 202</CitationSubRef> repealed (17.7.1997) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/28" id="c02511" Year="1997" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="28">1997 c. 28</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c02512" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/28/section/29/1/2" CitationRef="c02511" SectionRef="section-29-1-2">s. 29(1)(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c02513" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/28/schedule/6/paragraph/9" CitationRef="c02511" SectionRef="schedule-6-paragraph-9">Sch. 6 para. 9</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c02514" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/28/schedule/7/part/I" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02511" SectionRef="schedule-7-part-I">Sch. 7 Pt. I</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1539" id="c02515" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1997" Number="1539">S.I. 1997/1539</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c02516" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1539/article/2" CitationRef="c02515" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c02517" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/1539/schedule" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02515" SectionRef="schedule">Sch.</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c14527691" Type="C"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c02556" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/part/VIII" SectionRef="part-VIII">Pt. VIII</CitationSubRef> (ss. 193-223) amended (12.1.1998) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/3016" id="c02557" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1997" Number="3016">S.I. 1997/3016</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c02558" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/3016/article/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02557" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>