Regulation 7 Revocations and savings

(1)

Regulation 51 (provisions as to application for, and custody of, contribution cards etc.), regulation 52 (issue and currency of contribution cards), regulation 53 (disposal of contribution cards) and regulation 57 (adaptation of enactments) of, and Schedule 2 to, the principal Regulations are hereby revoked.

(2)

Notwithstanding the revocations effected by paragraph (1) of this regulation—

(a)

regulations 51, 52 and 53 of the principal Regulations shall continue to apply in respect of any contribution card issued before 11th April 1993, subject to the modifications to those regulations made in paragraphs (3) to (5) of this regulation;

(b)

regulation 57 of, and Schedule 2 to, the principal Regulations shall continue to apply in respect of any stamps prepared and issued in respect of any period before 11th April 1993.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) of this regulation, regulation 51 shall be modified as follows—

(a)

for the heading there shall be substituted the heading “Custody of contribution cards”;

(b)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b) for the words from the beginning to “with these regulations,” there shall be substituted the words “who holds a contribution card”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (d) the words “or 53(2)” shall be omitted;

(iv)

for sub-paragraph (e) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(e)

shall, if his contribution card has been destroyed, lost or defaced in any material way, notify the Secretary of State in writing that it has been destroyed, lost or defaced, as the case may be.”;

(c)

for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(3)

This regulation applies to any person to whom a contribution card was issued by the Secretary of State, for the purpose of enabling him to pay any Class 2 contributions which he was liable to pay, or which he was entitled although not liable to pay, or any Class 3 contributions which he was entitled to pay.”.

(4)

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) of this regulation, regulation 52 shall be modified as follows—

(a)

the words “Issue and” shall be omitted from the heading;

(b)

for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1)

A contribution card which has been issued to a person shall remain the property of the Secretary of State.”;

(c)

in paragraph (2) there shall be omitted—

(i)

the words from “shall be in” to “direct and”; and

(ii)

the words from “, and any fresh contribution card” to the end;

(d)

paragraph (3) shall be omitted.

(5)

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) of this regulation, regulation 53 shall be modified by the omission of paragraph (2).