PART 3 EQUAL TREATMENT RULE: ARMED FORCES SCHEMES

7 Application of Part 3
1 This Part —
(a) applies (with modifications) certain provisions of the Equal Pay Act in relation to the operation of an equal treatment rule in respect of the terms of an occupational pension scheme, but
(b) applies only to schemes which are an armed forces scheme.
2 The modifications of the Equal Pay Act made by this Part apply to proceedings in respect of the terms of an armed forces scheme if the proceedings are instituted on or after the commencement date (subject to paragraph (3)).
3 Those modifications do not so apply if the last day of the woman’s period of service (to which the scheme relates) in the armed forces falls more than nine months before the commencement date.