Application of Part 4
12.—(1) This Part modifies the Equal Pay Act in relation to the operation of an equality clause in respect of a pension-related term of service.
(2) “Pension-related term of service” means a term of service in any of the armed forces which relates to the terms on which—
(a)persons become members of an armed forces scheme; or
(b)members of such a scheme are treated.
(3) The modifications of the Equal Pay Act made by this Part apply to proceedings in respect of pension-related terms of service if the proceedings are instituted on or after the commencement date (subject to paragraph (4)).
(4) Those modifications do not so apply if the last day of the woman’s period of service in the armed forces falls more than nine months before the commencement date.