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<Title>Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Act 1997</Title>
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<LongTitle>An Act to make provision for regulating access by defendants and others to certain categories of material disclosed by the prosecution or by the Criminal Cases Review Commission in connection with proceedings relating to certain sexual and other offences.</LongTitle>
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