The Occupational Pension Schemes (Certification of Employments—National Health Service) Regulations 1977

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Certification of Employments—National Health Service) Regulations 1977, and shall come into operation on 22nd December 1977.

(2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Social Security Pensions Act 1975;

“the Certification Regulations” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Certification of Employments) Regulations 1975 (1);

“election” means an election with a view to the issue, variation or surrender under Part III of the Act of a contracting-out certificate;

“the Notification Regulations” means the Contracted-out Employment (Notifications, Premium Payment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1976(2);

“the specified class of employments” has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 2 of these regulations;

and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act.

(3) Any reference in these regulations to any provision made by or contained in any enactment or instrument shall, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that provision as amended or extended by any enactment or instrument and as including a reference to any provision which may re-enact or replace it, with or without modification.

(4) The rules for the construction of Acts of Parliament contained in the Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(1)

(1975 III, p. 7163).

(2)

(1976 I, p. 411).