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  "title": "The Mink (Keeping) Order 1987",
  "long_title": "This Order prohibits the keeping of mink on certain off-shore islands of Great Britain and in certain parts of the Highland Region of Scotland and prohibits the keeping of mink in the rest of Great Britain except under licence (article 3). The Order replaces the Mink (Keeping) Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1745) which prohibits the keeping of mink within Great Britain except under licence and which ceases to have effect on 1st January 1988.",
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