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<Text>In Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/47" id="c00002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1998" Number="0047">1998 (c. 47)</Citation> (reserved matters), after paragraph 35 there is inserted—</Text>
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