These Regulations revoke and supersede the National Insurance (Non-participation—Benefits and Schemes) Amendment Provisional Regulations 1972. They amend the National Insurance (Non-participation—Benefits and Schemes) Regulations 1959 to take account of the passing of the Superannuation Act 1972. They ensure that any superannuation scheme affected by that Act which was a recognised superannuation scheme for the purposes of Part III of the National Insurance Act 1965 continues to be recognised so long as the security of the scheme is not affected adversely by amendments to it; future schemes made under the Superannuation Act in respect of civil servants and certain other persons will also be recognised.
The report of the National Insurance Advisory Committee on the preliminary draft of these Regulations dated 1st May 1972 is contained in House of Commons Paper No. 377 (Session 1971–72) published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office.