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  "text": "For the purposes of this Schedule, a member satisfies the 85 year rule if the sum of —\n(a) his age in whole years on the date his local government service ends or the date he elects under regulation 31(1) of the principal Regulations if later;\n(b) his total membership in whole years;\n(c) in a case where he elects after his local government employment ends, the period beginning with the end of that employment and ending with the date he elects; and\n(d) in the case of a person who was a member immediately before 1st April 1998, any qualifying period counted by virtue of regulation 123 which was awarded before 1st October 2006,\nis 85 years or more.",
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