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  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/39",
  "legislation_title": "Coal Industry Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-act-1977",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to increase the limit on the borrowing powers of the National Coal Board, to provide for grants by the Secretary of State to the Board and other persons, to extend the Board’s powers and the power to provide pensions and other benefits under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946.\n[29th July 1977]",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "For extent of this Act see s. 16"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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