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  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), a member who elected to pay additional contributions by Method I or Method II may elect to pay family benefit contributions in respect of all or part of a period not exceeding in length the difference between his credited service and the total of the additional period and his normal service.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), a member who elected to pay additional contributions by Method III may by an election under this paragraph—\n(a) revoke the earlier election; or\n(b) revoke the earlier election and elect to pay family benefit contributions in respect of the additional period, or part of it; or\n(c) vary the earlier election so as to relate to part only of the additional period and elect to pay family benefit contributions in respect of the remaining part.\n(3) The period in respect of which a member elects to pay family benefit contributions as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) shall not exceed—\nA-(B+5×(C-B)6) where—\nA is the length of reckonable service attributable to any period that ended before 1st April 1972;\nB is the total length of his normal service and the additional period; and\nC is the length of his credited service.\n(4) A member may elect to pay family benefit contributions in respect of all or part of any period in respect of which he could have elected, but did not elect, to pay additional contributions.",
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