The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made: 18th March 2020

Coming into operation: 19th March 2020

The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 147(4), 149(6) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in it .

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 19th March 2020.

• (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations

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• (1) Regulation 2 (persons deemed incapable of work) of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

• (2) In in paragraph (1)(c)(i) —

• (a) omit “disease”; and

• (b) for “12th” substitute “ 16th ”.

• (3) In paragraph (3) for the definition of “coronavirus disease” substitute—

“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Expiry

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 18th March 2020

Anne McCleary — A senior officer of the — Department for Communities

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: The Department for Social Development was renamed the Department for Communities in accordance with section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

[^f00002]: 1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

[^f00003]: Functions previously discharged by the Department of Health and Social Services were transferred to the Department for Social Development in accordance with Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

[^f00004]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00005]: S.R. 1982 No. 263; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2006 No. 142, S.R. 2012 No. 121 and S.R. 2020 No. 32

Editorial notes

[^c24028581]: The Department for Social Development was renamed the Department for Communities in accordance with section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

[^c24028591]: 1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

[^c24028601]: Functions previously discharged by the Department of Health and Social Services were transferred to the Department for Social Development in accordance with Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.))

[^c24028611]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^c24028621]: S.R. 1982 No. 263; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2006 No. 142, S.R. 2012 No. 121 and S.R. 2020 No. 32

[^key-a1c16aef1f05bb1bebaf94ab55e97dd5]: Reg. 3 omitted (28.3.2020) by virtue of The Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/54), regs. 1, 5