These Regulations amend the Civil Service (Other Crown Servants) Pension Scheme Regulations 2016 (the “2016 Regulations”) (S.I. 2016/326). The 2016 Regulations established a scheme for the payment of pensions and other benefits to civil servants employed by the Secret Intelligence Service and the Security Service. The scheme applies, with appropriate modifications, the rules set out in the Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1964), which established the Civil Service pension scheme, known as Alpha.