2(1)At the beginning of subsection (2) of section 58 of that Act (meaning of “linked qualifying service”) there shall be inserted the words “Subject to subsections (2A) and (2B) below” and after that subsection there shall be inserted—
“(2A)Only so much of the earlier period as is a period of service in respect of which there accrued under the first scheme any of the rights transferred to the second scheme shall be linked qualifying service in relation to the later period of service.
(2B)As respects any case where the rules of a scheme provide—
(a)that an earner is not entitled to become a member unless he satisfies specified conditions, but
(b)that, if he becomes a member, rights are to accrue to him in respect of periods of service before he satisfied any such conditions,
regulations may provide for any such periods to be treated, in such cases and to such extent as may be prescribed, as linked qualifying service with later periods of service.”
(2)In section 99(1) of that Act (interpretation) in the definition of “linked qualifying service” for the words “section 58(2)” there shall be substituted the words “section 58(2), (2A) and (2B)”.