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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/16/section/29</dc:identifier><dc:title>Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to revise the law of Northern Ireland as to theft and similar or associated offences; and for purposes connected therewith.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2023-03-30</dc:modified><dct:valid>2009-02-02</dct:valid>
					
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