These Regulations amend the Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefit) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/167) (“the Preservation of Benefit Regulations”), the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1172) (“the Contracting-out Regulations”) and the Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1462) (“the Transfer Regulations”), and the Stakeholder Pension Schemes Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1403) (“the Stakeholder Regulations”). They also revoke spent provisions of the Stakeholder Regulations, the Stakeholder Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2001(S.I. 2001/104) and the Stakeholder Pension Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/934), and make consequential provisions to other regulations. These Regulations come into force on 6th April 2013.