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  "legislation_title": "Regulation of Railways Act 1889",
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  "path": "section/8",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Short title.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Regulation of Railways Act 1889.\n(2) This Act and the Regulation of Railways Acts 1840 to 1871, may be cited collectively as the Regulation of Railways Acts 1840 to 1889.",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 8 excluded (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 3(4)"
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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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