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These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and come into operation on 6th July 2020.
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(1) The Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (persons deemed incapable of work)—
(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “or”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (c)—
(i) in head (i), for “the Schedule” substitute “Schedule 1”;
(ii) at the end insert “; or”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—“
(d) he is—
(i) shielding himself in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination with coronavirus in accordance with Schedule 2; and
(ii) by reason of that shielding is unable to work.”.
(3) In regulation 2(3), after “paragraph (1)(c)” insert “and (d) and Schedules 1 and 2”.
(4) The Schedule (isolation due to coronavirus) is renumbered Schedule 1.
(5) The renumbered Schedule 1 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (6) to (9).
(6) At the end of paragraphs 2 and 4 insert “or, if earlier, until the end of the isolation period”.
(7) Paragraph 3 is renumbered paragraph 3(1) and—
(a) in the renumbered paragraph 3(1)—
(i) after “someone” insert “, or is in an extended household with someone,”;
(ii) at the end insert “or, if earlier, until the end of the isolation period”;
(b) after the renumbered paragraph 3(1) insert—“
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the person (P) is in an extended household with the person isolating himself in accordance with paragraph 2 (S) where—
(a) P, and where applicable, the members of P’s household; and
(b) S and where applicable, the members of S’s household,
have formed an extended household.”.
(8) Omit paragraph 5A.
(9) In paragraph 6—
(a) insert in the appropriate places—“
 “extended household” means two households where the adults in those households have agreed to be part of a single household in accordance with public health guidance;”;“
 “isolation period” means the period ending on the day on which a relevant notification is received advising that the person with the symptoms of coronavirus is not in fact infected or contaminated with coronavirus;”;
(b) for ““public heath guidance”” substitute ““public health guidance””.
(10) After the renumbered Schedule 1 the Schedule to these Regulations is inserted as Schedule 2.
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In regulation 2 of the Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (suspension of waiting days), in both paragraph (3)(b)(ii) and (4), after “regulation 2(1)(c)” insert “or (d)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Justin Tomlinson
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
2nd July 2020
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2(10)
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SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 2(1)
1. 
A person is, for the purposes of this Schedule, to be regarded as shielding himself where he is shielding himself in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination with coronavirus pursuant to paragraph 2.
2. 
The person is defined in public health guidance, because of an underlying health condition, as clinically extremely vulnerable and therefore at very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus and has been advised, by shielding notification sent to, or in respect of, that person in accordance with that guidance, to follow shielding measures for the period specified in the notification.
3. 
A person to whom paragraph 2 applies is no longer to be regarded as shielding himself—
(a) immediately after the end of the period specified in the shielding notification;
(b) from the date specified in a further shielding notification sent to, or in respect of, the person, advising him that he need no longer shield himself from that date.
4. 
Nothing in paragraph 3 prevents the person from again being regarded as shielding himself if a further shielding notification is sent to, or in respect of, the person advising the person that he needs to shield himself for the period specified in the notification.
5. 
In this Schedule—
 “public health guidance” has the same meaning as in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1;
 “shielding notification” means a notification in writing sent to, or in respect of, a person by —
(a) the Chief Medical Officer; or
(b) the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being.”