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  "title": "The Time Off for Public Duties Order 1995",
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  "long_title": "Section 29 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 requires an employer to allow time off during working hours, subject to the provisions of the section, to an employee of his who is a justice of the peace, member of a local authority or member of certain other bodies specified in subsection (1) of the section.",
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