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Paragraph 9

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Where the aggregate length of—

(a)

the total period of membership in relation to the relevant employment (excluding any membership which is to be left out of account by virtue of paragraph 8(1)(a));

(b)

any earlier period which was taken into account in the calculation of a retirement pension, an annual pension under the former regulations, or a superannuation allowance under Part I of the Act of 1937, or in respect of which any pension was granted under a local Act scheme; and

(c)

any period by reference to which an additional benefit has been granted under regulation E13 of the 1986 regulations (discretionary additional benefits for certain female nursing staff) or under regulation 13 of the Benefits regulations,

exceeds—

(i)

in the case of a Class A member, 40 years, or

(ii)

in the case of a Class B or Class C member, 45 years,

then, for the purpose of calculating any benefit the period mentioned in paragraph (a) is reduced by a period equal to the excess.