These Regulations amend the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amount Required for Restoring State Scheme Rights and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1397) and the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amount Required for Restoring State Scheme Rights and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. 1998 No. 208) (“the 1998 Regulations”). The 1998 Regulations deal with the calculation of the amount required for restoring certain rights under the State retirement pension scheme of members of occupational pension schemes that are wound up underfunded (“the calculation”).