2In computing the time of service in any capacity of any officer or servant for the purpose of the award of compensation, the compensating authority shall take into account all the service in any capacity of that officer or servant under any parish council, town council or county council, whether he was appointed annually or otherwise:
Provided that, if in pursuance of the power conferred by this Act an office is abolished by a rating authority, otherwise than at the expiration of a complete year of service of an officer or servant, the portion then expired of that year shall be treated as a complete year where such portion exceeds six months, and shall be ignored where such portion does not exceed six months.