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  "title": "The Children (Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence) Order 1991",
  "short_title": "Children (Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence) 1991",
  "long_title": "This Order is the second exercise by the Lord Chancellor of thepower conferred on him by the Children Act 1989 to abrogate the hearsayrule in respect of evidence given in civil proceedings in connectionwith the upbringing, maintenance or welfare of a child.",
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