5. An employee –
(a)who was in employment to which the Agreement applied before the revocation date, and
(b)who is entitled to present a complaint under Part XI of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 by virtue of Article 4 or whose effective date of termination falls on or after the revocation date,
shall be treated, for the purpose of Article 140(1) of the 1996 Order(1) (and only for that purpose), as if he had been continuously employed at the effective date of termination for a period of at least one year.
Article 140(1) was amended by S.R. 1999 No. 277, Article 4