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  "text": "(1) contribution period shall be one of not less than one year, and begins on the first day of the month following the expiry of a period of one month from the date of acceptance of the election by the Department.\n(2) The contribution period and the past period shall be such that\nA+Bdoes not exceed 15 per cent of the person's contributable salary for the time being, where—\nA is the rate at which the additional contributions are payable; and\nB is the rate at which he pays other contributions under Part C (except any treated for the purposes of regulation G2 as employer’s contributions) or towards the provision of a pension otherwise than under these Regulations.",
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