The Contracting-out and Preservation (Further Provisions) Regulations 1981
The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 15 of Schedule 16 to the Social Security Act 1973(a), sections 31(7), 39(1), 40(3), 45(1) and 62(4) of, and paragraphs 1, 5 and 6 of Schedule 2 to the Social Security Pensions Act 1975(b), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after considering the report of the Occupational Pensions Board on the draft submitted to them, hereby makes the following regulations:-