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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2001/10/section/2</dc:identifier><dc:title>Defective Premises (Landlord's Liability) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to amend the law as to the liability of landlords for injury or damage caused to persons through defects in the state of premises let under certain tenancies.</dc:description><dc:date>2001-07-16</dc:date><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>2007-04-01</dct:valid>
					
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