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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/2/section/4</dc:identifier><dc:title>Public Utilities (Emergency Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1972</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to confer powers on certain undertakers to enter upon, and to carry out works on, land in cases of emergency; 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>2011-05-26</dc:modified><dct:valid>2006-01-01</dct:valid>
					
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