5Reckoning of war service by persons to whom foregoing provisions do not apply
(1)Where—
(a)a teacher to whom the provisions of sections one to three of this Act do not apply; or
(b)a person who becomes a teacher within the meaning of the Scheme after giving war service:
has before giving war service been in any employment which may be treated as service for the purpose of making up a definite period of completed years of service under the Scheme his period of war service shall be deemed for all purposes of the Scheme to have been a continuation of such employment.
(2)Any period of war service which is not treated as service or employment under any of the foregoing provisions of this Act may nevertheless be regarded as constituting part of the period of thirty years' service prescribed as a condition of benefit under the Scheme.