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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/23/section/1</dc:identifier><dc:title>Royal Assent Act 1967</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to amend the law relating to the signification of Her Majesty’s Royal Assent.</dc:description><dc:date>1979-03-31</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>1991-02-01</dct:valid>
					
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