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  "short_title": "Social Security (Contributions) (Re-rating and National Insurance Fund Payments) 1997",
  "long_title": "This Order reduces the appropriate percentage rate specified in the secondary earnings brackets in section 9(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (“the Act”), from 10.2 per cent. to 10 per cent. in respect of Bracket 4 (article 2).",
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