8.—(1) Subject to article 9, Part II of this Order shall cease to have effect in relation to a protected employee where his continuity of employment is broken, except in relation to any relevant pension rights which he acquired before the break in that continuity.
(2) Subject to article 10, Part II of this Order shall cease to have effect in relation to a protected employee where he voluntarily withdraws from an occupational pension scheme, except in relation to any relevant pension rights which he acquired before that withdrawal.
(3) Where a protected person requests that his relevant pension rights be transferred from an occupational pension scheme by a written request addressed to a trustee of that scheme, Part II of this Order shall cease to have effect in relation to that protected person except to the extent that any of his relevant pension rights are not transferred pursuant to that request.