(1) This article applies to a person who -

(a) was employed in a permanent and pensionable capacity by An Post on 5 April 1995, or

(b) having been employed by An Post on 5 April 1995 in a capacity which was not permanent and pensionable, subsequently ceases to be so employed, but immediately upon such cessation becomes employed by An Post in a permanent and pensionable capacity,

and who -

(i) continues to be so employed in a permanent and pensionable capacity by An Post immediately before the transfer of the National Lottery licence to Premier Lotteries Ireland Ltd.,

(ii) ceases to be so employed by An Post on the transfer of the National Lottery licence to Premier Lotteries Ireland Ltd.,

(iii) immediately upon such cessation becomes employed in a permanent and pensionable capacity by Premier Lotteries Ireland Ltd., and

(iv) continues to be so employed in a permanent and pensionable capacity by Premier Lotteries Ireland Ltd.