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  "long_title": "Section 125B of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as inserted by the Access to Justice Act 1999, provides for the enforcement of certain warrants by enforcement agencies to be approved by a magistrates' courts committee, and section 31A of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997, also inserted by the Access to Justice Act 1999, provides for the approval of such agencies for this purpose. These Regulations set out the conditions that must be satisfied for an agency to be approved, and the procedure to be followed.",
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