9(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies where a person employed in the civil service of the State became an officer or servant of the Commission in consequence of—
(a)paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Finance Act 1982 (transfer from district audit service), or
(b)section 20(4) of the [1990 c. 19.] National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (transfer from audit of health service bodies).
(2)For the purposes of the [1996 c. 18.] Employment Rights Act 1996—
(a)that person’s period of employment in the civil service of the State counts as a period of employment by the Commission, and
(b)the change of employment does not break the continuity of the period of employment.