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  "long_title": "An Act to alter the composition of the National Coal Board, extend the area within which their activities may be carried on, empower them to terminate certain long-term contracts and provide for the enforcement against them of certain workmen’s compensation liabilities; to amend sections thirty-seven and sixty-four of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, and authorise the making of certain payments in connection with the settlement of disputes arising under regulations made under the said section thirty-seven and to repeal the provisions of that Act imposing restrictions on the disposal of government stock issued for compensation to companies; to extend the power of the Minister of Fuel and Power to make general regulations under section eighty-six of the Coal Mines Act 1911, and otherwise to amend that section; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.",
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