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RestrictStartDate="2009-02-21"><Title>Transfer to temporary public ownership</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/1/section/51" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/1/section/51" id="section-51"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="M_I_eb722987-9d68-4947-b341-ff372ec1b773"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-a4c10d62dd56e8e5d3ff6cbaf62b4521"/>51</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/1/section/51/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/1/section/51/1" id="section-51-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>This section applies if the Treasury make a share transfer order in accordance with section 13(2).</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/1/section/51/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2009/1/section/51/2" id="section-51-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Treasury shall make either—</Text><P3 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already in force  by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/296" id="c5njw6fq2-00359" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2009" Number="296" Title="The Banking Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2009">S.I. 2009/296</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c5njw6fq2-00359" id="c5njw6fq2-00360" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/296/article/2" SectionRef="article-2">arts. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c5njw6fq2-00359" id="c5njw6fq2-00361" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/296/article/3" SectionRef="article-3">3</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c5njw6fq2-00359" id="c5njw6fq2-00362" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2009/296/schedule/paragraph/1" SectionRef="schedule-paragraph-1" Operative="true">Sch. para. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-3f368772f125ea1ae21ac6cfd6f06119" Type="C"><Para><Text>Pt. 1 restricted (7.1.2010) by <Citation 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