Notwithstanding section 958, the changes in the interest rates for life insurance specified in this subchapter and in sections 2528 to 2534, which were made by the Amendatory Acts of 1979, shall continue to apply to life insurance policies issued on or after January 1, 1980 and prior to the operative date of the Standard Nonforfeiture Law for Life Insurance, section 2532?A. [PL 1983, c. 346, §9 (NEW).]