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          Part IV</Number><Title> Assembly finance</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/38/part/IV/crossheading/funding-of-school-inspections-and-forestry-in-wales" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/38/part/IV/crossheading/funding-of-school-inspections-and-forestry-in-wales" NumberOfProvisions="2" id="part-IV-crossheading-funding-of-school-inspections-and-forestry-in-wales" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2026-04-01"><Title> Funding of school inspections and forestry in Wales</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2013-07-18"><Title> Forestry Commissioners.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/38/section/105" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/38/section/105" id="section-105"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-3c798a6df766fbeccaf8772454d59e14"/><CommentaryRef Ref="c12403351"/>105</Pnumber><P1para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c12403351" Type="I"><Para><Text>S. 105 wholly in force at 14.5.2001; s. 105 not in force at Royal Assent; s. 105(5) in force for certain purposes at 1.4.1999 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/782" id="c01166" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="782">S.I. 1999/782</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01167" CitationRef="c01166" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/782/article/2" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>; s. 105(1)-(4) in force and s. 105(5) in force in so far as not already in force at 14.5.2001 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1756" id="c01169" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2001" Number="1756">S.I. 2001/1756</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01170" CitationRef="c01169" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1756/article/2" Operative="true" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c12403031" Type="I"><Para><Text>Part IV partly in force: Ss. 80-103 in force at 1.12.1998 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/2789" id="c01186" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1998" Number="2789">S.I. 1998/2789</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c01187" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/2789/article/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c01186" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-3c798a6df766fbeccaf8772454d59e14" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="cd8qsrrb2-00004" SectionRef="section-105" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/38/section/105">S. 105</CitationSubRef> omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1821" id="cd8qsrrb2-00005" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2013" Number="1821" Title="The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Consequential Provision) Order 2013">The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Consequential Provision) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1821)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cd8qsrrb2-00006" CitationRef="cd8qsrrb2-00005" SectionRef="article-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1821/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cd8qsrrb2-00007" CitationRef="cd8qsrrb2-00005" SectionRef="article-15-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1821/article/15/2" Operative="true">15(2)</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="cd8qsrrb2-00008" CitationRef="cd8qsrrb2-00005" SectionRef="article-24" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1821/article/24">arts. 24</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cd8qsrrb2-00009" CitationRef="cd8qsrrb2-00005" SectionRef="article-27" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1821/article/27">27</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>