E1.—(1) Subject to articles N1 (refunds) and P1, P2 and P3 (transfers out) in relation to any person any period during which he was a member of the Parliament and has made contributions to the Fund is a period of reckonable service as a participating member; and in this Order “actual period of reckonable service as a participating member”, in relation to a person, means the period referred to in this paragraph or (if more than one) the aggregate of such periods.
(2) Subject to articles F5(3) (payment to office holder after normal retirement), N1 (refunds), P1, P2 and P3 (transfers out), any period during which a person is a participating office holder is a period of reckonable service as a participating office holder; and in this Order “actual period of reckonable service as a participating office holder”, in respect of a person, means his period (or, if more than one, the aggregate of his periods) of reckonable service as a participating office holder.
(3) In this Order “actual period of reckonable service as a participant”, in respect of a person, means the total of whichever of the following apply to him, namely:–
(a)his actual period of reckonable service as a participating member;
(b)his actual period of reckonable service as a participating office holder; or
(c)if (a) and (b) both apply, his actual period of reckonable service as a participating member together with such part, if any, of his actual period of reckonable service as an office holder when he was not also a participating member.
(4) For the purposes of the Scheme, a period of reckonable service is measured in years and fractions of a year.
E2.—(1) In respect of a person, his aggregate period of reckonable service as a participating member is his actual period of reckonable service as a participating member together with any increases in reckonable service attributable to sums received by way of transfer value or to the purchase of added years.
(2) In respect of a person, his aggregate period of reckonable service as a participating office holder is his actual period of reckonable service as a participating office holder together with any increase in reckonable service attributable to sums received by way of transfer value.
(3) In respect of a person, his aggregate period of reckonable service as a participant is his actual period of reckonable service as a participant together with any increases in reckonable service attributable to sums received by way of transfer value or to the purchase of added years.