If:
(a) a person has been an accruing member of the pension bonus scheme for a continuous period (the first accruing membership period ) (including a period that is applicable because of one or more applications of this section); and
(b) the first accruing membership period is followed by a continuous period of non - accruing membership of the scheme; and
(c) the period of non - accruing membership is followed by a further continuous period of accruing membership of the scheme (the second accruing membership period );
the first accruing membership period and the second accruing membership period are together taken to constitute a continuous period of accruing membership of the scheme.