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					<dc:description>This order provides for the establishment and constitution of a special health and social services agency, to be known as the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency, for the purposes of carrying out such functions, in relation to the postgraduate education and training of doctors and dentists, as the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety may direct in accordance with Article 4(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990.</dc:description>
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