17(1)For the purposes of computing the period of employment of any person (other than a dock worker registered under the 1967 Scheme) who, immediately before the appointed day, was an employee of the old Board and by virtue of paragraph 15(1) above becomes an employee of the new Board on that day, the provisions of Schedule 1 to the [1972 c. 53.] Contracts of Employment Act 1972 shall apply as if the old Board and the new Board were one employer.
(2)The references to that Schedule in—
(a)section 8(2) of, and paragraphs 1 and 9 of Schedule 1 to,
the [1965 c. 62.] Redundancy Payments Act 1965 ;
(b)paragraph 30 of Schedule 1 to the [1974 c. 52.] Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 ; and
(c)section 126(5) of the [1975 c. 71.] Employment Protection Act 1975,
shall, for the purposes of any provisions of those Acts as they may from time to time apply to any such person as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above, be construed as references to that Schedule applied as provided by that sub-paragraph.