23.—(1) Section 44A (additional pension and other benefits) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (effect of reductions and payments for contracted-out schemes on earnings factors) in paragraph (a) for “or 38A” substitute “or, in the case of a week falling before the abolition date, under section 38A (as it then had effect)”.
(3) In paragraph (b) of that subsection for “an amount is paid under section 41(1)” substitute “in the case of a week falling before the abolition date, an amount is paid under section 41(1) (as it then had effect)”.