3. Where a person has become entitled to preserved benefits and subsequently receives a return of contributions but regulation D12(1)(a) does not apply, for the purposes of—
(a)regulation D2 (“standard retirement pension” and “standard retirement grant”),
(b)regulation D7(2) (entitlement to additional period in cases of retirement for ill-health), and
(c)Schedule D2 (retirement grants),
his period of membership shall be taken to be the period of membership which he is entitled to count after he receives the return of contributions, excluding any period of membership to which the return of contributions relates.