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  "legislation_title": "Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979",
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  "text": "For purposes of proceedings under section 12 before the Council or a committee in England and Wales—\n(a) the Council or committee may administer oaths;\n(b) a solicitor to the Council, and any person entitled to appear at the proceedings, may sue out writs of subpoena ad testificandum and duces tecum (but not so as to compel a person to produce a document which he could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action); and\n(c) section 49 of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (subpoena valid throughout United Kingdom) applies as in relation to causes or matters in the High Court.",
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      "text": "1925 c. 49."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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