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(1) These regulations may be cited as the
Occupational Pension Schemes (Certification of Employments—National
Health Service) Regulations 1977, and shall come into operation on 22nd December
1977.
(2) In these regulations, unless the context
otherwise requires—
 “the Act”
means the Social Security
Pensions Act 1975;
 “the Certification Regulations”
 means the 
Occupational Pension Schemes (Certification of Employments) Regulations 1975
;

 “election”
means an election with a view to the issue, variation
or surrender under Part III
of the Act of a contracting-out certificate;
 “the Notification Regulations”
 means the 
Contracted-out Employment (Notifications, Premium Payment and Miscellaneous
Provisions) Regulations 1976;
 “the specified class of employments”
 has the meaning assigned to it in 
regulation 2 of these regulations;and other expressions have the same meanings as in the Act.
(3) Any reference in these regulations to
any provision made by or contained in any enactment or instrument shall, except
in so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to
that provision as amended or extended by any enactment or instrument and as
including a reference to any provision which may re-enact or replace it, with
or without modification.
(4) The rules for the construction of Acts
of Parliament contained in the 
Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the
purposes of the interpretation of these regulations as they apply for the
purposes of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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In these regulations the expression 
“the specified class of employments” means employments in which an earner's service qualifies him, under section 10 of the 
Superannuation Act 1972, for the benefits provided
for by the National Health
Service (Superannuation) Regulations 1961, as amended 
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(1) In relation to the specified class of
employments—
(a) the Secretary of State hereby directs
that every election shall be made and revoked by him instead of by the employer;

(b) those things which are required or authorised
to be done by or to an employer by or under the provisions referred to in 
paragraph (2) below shall be done instead by
or to the Secretary of State.
(2) The provisions referred to in 
paragraph (1) above are—
(a) the provisions of 
sections 31, 42, 43 and
44 of the Act;
(b) the provisions of the Certification Regulations;

(c) the provisions of the Notification Regulations.

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The specified class of employments shall be treated as employments
under a single employer different from the employer in any other employment
for the purposes of—
(a) section
42(1) of the Act (which relates to the payment
of a contributions equivalent premium on termination of contracted-out employment)
as read with section 43(2)
of the Act;
(b) any regulations made under 
paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Act (which
enables regulations to be made for requiring an employer to give notice to
the Secretary of State when an earner's employment becomes or ceases to be
contracted-out employment and when an earner's employment in contracted-out
employment begins or ends);
(c) any regulations made under 
paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to the Act (which
enables regulations to be made to modify Part
III of the Act in its application to a person
who is employed at the same time in two or more employments).
David Ennals
Secretary of State for Social Services
21st November 1977