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(1) This Order may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (Rate of Payment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 6th April 1993 immediately after the coming into force of article 9 of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 1993.
(2) In this Order “the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.
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For paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of section 157 of the 1992 Act, there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—“
(a) £52.50, in a case where the employee’s normal weekly earnings under his contract of service with that employer are not less than £195.00; or
(b) £46.95, in any other case.”.
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Where in relation to statutory sick pay a period of entitlement as between an employer and an employee is running at 6th April 1993 and the employee’s normal weekly earnings under the contract of service with that employer are not less than, or are treated for the purposes of section 157(1) of the 1992 Act as not less than £190.00, they shall be treated for the purposes of that section as not less than £195.00 for the remainder of that period.
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The following provisions are hereby revoked—
(a) article 2 of the Statutory Sick Pay (Rate of Payment) (No. 2) Order 1991; and
(b) the Statutory Sick Pay (Rate of Payment) Regulations 1990.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Nicholas Scott
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
17th February 1993