The cost of any payment to be made under these Regulations must not be met out of any pension fund.

Schedule 4 shall have effect for the purpose of making transitional provisions and savings.

Schedule 5 shall have effect for the purpose of making amendments which are consequential on the making of these Regulations.

The following provisions and instruments are revoked—

• The Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy) Regulations 19948;

• The Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy) (Amendment) Regulations 19969;

• Parts II to IV of, and Schedules 1 and 4 to, the 1996 Regulations10;

• so much of the Local Government (Discretionary Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 199811 as relates to Parts II to IV of the 1996 Regulations;

• regulations 4 to 6 of the Local Government (Discretionary Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 199912;

• regulations 2 and 3 of the Local Government (Discretionary Payments) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 199913.