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which—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/257SC/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/section/257SC/2/a" id="section-257SC-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">have been made by the investor in the social enterprise, and</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/257SC/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/3/section/257SC/2/b" id="section-257SC-2-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" CommentaryRef="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-aaf10c7dc329529b2ca19087f01e69e7-1538545336862" 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