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  "title": "The Council Tax Benefit (Permitted Total) Order 1994",
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  "long_title": "This Order sets out the basis for calculating the permitted total of council tax benefit for any year for authorities granting such benefit under Part VIII of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, and limits the amount by which council tax benefit payments may be increased on account of payments to claimants whose circumstances are exceptional.",
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