5.—(1) The S.I. 1959/2119 National Insurance (Non-participation—Appeals and References) Regulations 1959 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 1(2) of the said regulations there shall be substituted for the definition of “the Adjudicator” the following definition:—
““the Board” means
(3) For regulation 2 of the said regulations there shall be substituted the following regulation:—
2. The Secretary of the Board, or such other person as the Board may from time to time appoint for the purpose, shall act as Clerk to the Board for the performance of such duties in connection with appeals and references from the Registrar under Part III of the National Insurance Act 1965 as may be required for the purposes of these regulations.”
(4) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation, for every reference to the Adjudicator in the said regulations there shall be substituted a reference to the Board.
(5) In regulation 4(9) of the said regulations for the word “him” there shall be substituted the words “the member who presided, or failing him any 2 other members who participated, when the Board determined the appeal or reference in question”.
(6) Paragraph (8) of regulation 4 of the said regulations is hereby revoked.