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  "title": "The Pipe-lines (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1995",
  "long_title": "These Rules prescribe the new procedure to be followed at public inquiries in connection with applications in England and Wales under paragraphs 4(1) and 6A of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Pipe-lines Act 1962 and under paragraph 4(1) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Pipe-lines Act 1962.",
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