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  "title": "The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010",
  "short_title": "Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) 2010",
  "long_title": "The Planning Act 2008 (“the Act) establishes the Infrastructure Planning Commission (“the IPC”) and provides for the granting of development consent for certain types of nationally significant infrastructure projects. Part 6 of the Act sets out the procedure for examining the majority of applications for development consent.",
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