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  "title": "The Child Benefit (Different Rates) Order 1991",
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  "long_title": "This Order provides that 8th April 1991 shall be the date on which child benefit under the Child Benefit Act 1975 is to be payable at the rate specified in regulation 2(1)(a) of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976 in respect of an only, elder or eldest child.",
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