8. The revocation of Part F (war service) and regulation N4 (decisions by administering authorities as to such service) of the 1986 regulations shall not affect—
(a)any right to which a person is or would apart from the revocation become entitled under or by virtue of that Part; or
(b)any decision made under that regulation or under regulation N8 (appeals) of those regulations as respects such a decision;
but, in so far as they continue to have effect by virtue of this paragraph, references in those provisions to reckonable service shall be taken, where appropriate, to be references to periods of membership.