Counting of non-contributing service
E23.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), any period which—
(a)is reckonable as reckonable service by virtue of its having been reckonable under the 1981 regulations as non-contributing service; and
(b)does not fall to be treated as having been reckonable as contributing service,
shall for the purposes of these regulations be counted at half its full length.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the full length of a period of part-time non-contributing service is its length as reduced under regulation E22.
(3) This regulation does not apply for the purpose of—
(a)determining whether a person is entitled to, or to payment of, a benefit; or
(b)ascertaining, where notice was given under regulation 22 of the 1962 regulations, the maximum length of any additional period to which Schedule 3 applies.