Thanks Paul - of course you're correct.
I have to say on considering the text of (c) for the first time in a long while, it would appear that the reference to (b)(3) must have been an afterthought because originally (until it was amended in 1999 to insert "For IFR operations" into (a)(5)) Appendix 1 to JAR-OPS 3.940(c) was addressed at the SP IFR case.
Changes to the Appendix were made because of the anomalous situation in some States where the airspace is declared as IFR at night but where pseudo night VFR is permitted (UK and others). Under these circumstances, the requirements (for IFR qualification) were regarded as too heavy for NVFR.
As you would have expected, the original requirement was a read-across from JAR-OPS 1.
Jim