Amendment of section 36 of the National Insurance Act 1965

3.  In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (which sets out sections 36 and 37 of the National Insurance Act 1965 as continued in force by those Regulations), section 36(7) is amended by inserting after the words “retirement pension” where they first appear—

• “(except a person who is not so entitled because of an election under section 54(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or because he has withdrawn his claim)”.