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Article 5 Supply of copy of notice of request for assistance under section 7(1)

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Where a request for assistance under section 7 of the Act is made by a justice of the peace and is sent in accordance with section 8(1) of the Act, the justices' clerk for that justice shall send a copy of the letter of request to the Secretary of State as soon as practicable after the request has been made.