General modifications
3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), for any reference in those regulations to service in the force—
(a)if it is a reference to a person joining or re-joining the force substitute a reference to a person respectively becoming a police trainee or becoming a police trainee again,
(b)if it is a reference to a person ceasing to serve as a member or leaving the force substitute a reference to a person ceasing to serve as a police trainee without being appointed as a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland,
(c)if it is a reference to a person continuing to serve as a member substitute a reference to that person being appointed to the rank of constable in the Police Service of Northern Ireland on completion of his service as a police trainee, and continuing to serve as a member of that service, and
(d)in the case of any other reference to service as a member substitute a reference to service as a police trainee.
(2) In the case of a police trainee who has served as a member of the force before becoming a police trainee, any reference in those regulations to service in, or retirement from, the force before last joining or rejoining the force shall continue to refer to that previous service as well as having the meaning given by the modifications set out in sub-paragraph (1).