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  "legislation_title": "Education Reform Act 1988",
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  "text": "Any document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by or on behalf of the Authorityand to be duly executed under the seal of the Authority, or to be signed or executed by a person authorised by the Authority in that behalf, shall be received in evidence and be treated, without further proof, as being so made or issued unless the contrary is shown.",
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      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 17 substituted (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 253, Sch. 15 para. 4(6); S.I. 1994/507, art. 4(1), Sch. 2."
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