These Regulations amend the Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1462) (“the 1996 Regulations”) and the Occupational Pension Schemes (Schemes that were Contracted-out) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1677) (“the 2015 Regulations”) to allow contracted-out pension rights to be transferred without members' consent to schemes which have never been contracted out of the Additional State Pension.