The National Insurance (Non-participation—Transfer of Functions) (Transitional) Regulations 1983

Amendment of the National Insurance (Non-participation—Transitional Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 1974

3.—(1) The National Insurance (Non-participation—Transitional Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 1974(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 3(1) of the said regulations the words “(1) and (2)” shall be inserted between the words “74” and “(determination”.

(3) There shall be added to regulation 3 of the said regulations the following paragraph:—

“(4)  Sub-section (1) of section 74 shall continue in force in the modified form set out in the Schedule to these regulations.”

(4) There shall be added to the said regulations the following Schedule:—

Regulation 3(4)

“SCHEDULE SECTION 74(1) OF THE NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT 1965 AS CONTINUED IN FORCE BY THESE REGULATIONS

74.— (1) Regulations under section 73(1) of this Act shall provide—

(a) for the determination by an officer appointed by the Secretary of State (hereafter in this section referred to as “the registrar”) of any question whether an employment is to be treated as a non-participating employment, or as to the persons in relation to whom or the period for which it is to be so treated, and for the issue, variation and cancellation by the registrar of the certificates under section 56 (2) of this Act specifying the employments which are to be so treated;

(b) for enabling any such question, instead of being determined as aforesaid, to be referred to the Occupational Pensions Board, and for enabling appeals to be brought to the said Board from decisions of the registrar;

(c) for enabling the functions of the registrar to be exercised by officers appointed to act as his deputies by the Secretary of State.”

(1)

S.I. 1974/2058

(2)

1973 c. 38.