That's not the same policy Glen; you've added the word "the", thus limiting the scope to only the specific office they hold, not equivalent offices in general.
I personally think my new language is better - it's certainly shorter and clearer - but if you want to make a huge deal about this I have no real opposition to using the old language. However, in such a case I'd argue strongly that (2)a, b and c should be replaced with my clause 4 - it is vastly simpler and to the same effect.
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