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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/71/section/20</dc:identifier><dc:title>Supplementary Benefits Act 1976</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to consolidate the Supplementary Benefit Acts 1966 to 1975 and related enactments.</dc:description><dc:date>1980-10-01</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>2024-04-02</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2009-04-06</dct:valid>
					
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