1. For the purposes of paragraph 3(b) to (e) of Schedule 1—
(a)any period of employment in the United Kingdom before the coming into force of these Regulations is to be treated as a period of employment under regulation 6 of the 2006 Regulations as amended by these Regulations; and
(b)any period—
(i)of duly recorded involuntary unemployment; or
(ii)during which a person was a jobseeker for the purposes of regulation 6(1)(a) of the 2006 Regulations,
before the coming into force of these Regulations is to be disregarded.