4(1)For the definition of “qualifying pensionable service” in paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 1A to the Pensions Act (which precludes revaluation of accrued rights referable to service before 1st January 1985) there shall be substituted—
““qualifying pensionable service” means—
(a)where the termination of pensionable service occurs after the coming into force of this paragraph of this definition, the whole of the member’s pensionable service, as defined in this sub-paragraph; and
(b)in any other case, so much of any such service as falls on or after 1st January 1985.”
(2)In paragraph 3 of that Schedule (average salary benefits) in sub-paragraph (5) (definition of “salaries”) for the words from “means” to “terminated” there shall be substituted the words “means, subject to sub-paragraph (5A) below, the member’s salaries for the period between the date when his pensionable service commenced and the date when it terminated”.
(3)After that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted—
“(5A)Where the member’s pensionable service terminated before the coming into force of this sub-paragraph, sub-paragraph (5) above shall have effect with the substitution for the words from “means” to “terminated” of the words “means the member’s salaries for the period between 1st January 1985 and the date when his pensionable service terminated””.