# The Contracted-out Employment (Fire Services) Regulations 1977, Regulation 4


(1) Without prejudice to Regulation 14 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Certification of Employments) Regulations 1975 (public service pensions schemes), in relation to employment to which these Regulations apply—
(a) elections with a view to the issue, variation or surrender of contracting out certificates shall be made and revoked by the Secretary of State instead of by the employer;
(b) any reference in section 31(3) or (4) of the Act to the employer shall be construed as a reference to the Secretary of State;
(c) the reference in section 43(4) of the Act to any contracting-out certificate held by the employer shall be construed as a reference to any such certificate held by the Secretary of State, and
(d) those things which under any of the provisions specified in paragraph (2), below, are required or authorised to be done by or to an employer shall be done instead by or to the Secretary of State.
(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1)(d), above, are those of—
(a) the Occupational Pension Schemes (Certification of Employments) Regulations 1975, and
(b) the Occupational Pensions Board (Determinations and Review Procedure) Regulations 1976

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/1118/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/contracted-out-employment-fire-services-regulations-1977/regulation-4
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