Bathroom light has 9 wires

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So im trying to replace my old light, which hasnt worked in a long time to a new light.
The problem Im facing is, I have 9 wires coming from my ceiling, 3 Yellow/Green, 3 Blue/Black and 3 Red/Brown.
The pictures show the old light fitting with wires connected.
The new light I want fitted, but only has 3 connections.
The 3 groups of wires, each containing one of each colour.
How am I to use my new light with all them wires? Surely not putting them all together in the right slots.
 

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The L2 terminal on the old light was essentially a spare not connected to the light itself so you need another connector for these wires. All the other connections are identical.
 
Fortunately the brown sleeve is still in place on a black
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and goes to 'L', the other 2 blacks to 'N' and the 3 reds to the additional terminal (L2 on the old fitting).
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