# The Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Transitional Regulations 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations allow employers to start the procedures for obtaining a contracting-out certificate under the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations 1996 (S. I. 1996/1172) on or after 1st January 1997. They do this by enabling employers to give a notice of an intended election to contract out, or to make an election itself, between 1st January 1997 and 5th April 1997.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/38/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-contracting-out-transitional-regulations-1997/note
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