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            <text>&lt;p style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE QUEEN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;V&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AB&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HER MAJESTY’S ATTORNEY GENERAL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dated this      day of      20XX&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attorney General’s Office&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;102 Petty France&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;London&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SW1H 9EA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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