Use "and / &" only if more than two names

Well, it’s just a style I am editing for one department at my institution. In their guidelines they have the following requirement:

“Zwischen den einzelnen Autorinnen/Autoren einer Publikation wird ein „ ; “ gesetzt. Bei mehr als 2 Autorinnen/Autoren wird vor der letzten Autorin/dem letzten Autor ein „&“verwendet.”

(I can’t find the guidelines online, but I can send them to you via mail if you like)

Just to be clear: I don’t find that really useful as well, and I have already suggested that they should either always use “&” before the last name. But like in the other thread, it is not my decision.