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<Text>The Secretary of State must, after the end of each relevant three-year period, lay before Parliament a report on how the Secretary of State has performed the duty under <InternalLink Ref="section-23" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/23" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/23/enacted">section 23</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-23-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/21/section/23/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/23/1/enacted">(1)</InternalLink> during that period.</Text>
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<Text>the period of three years beginning with the day on which this section comes into force, and</Text>
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