
2006 No. 142
STATUTORY SICK PAY
The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
Made 16th March 2006
Coming into operation 10th April 2006
The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 147(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in it:
Citation and commencement
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 10th April 2006.
Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations
2 
In regulation 2(1) of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 (persons deemed incapable of work), for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—“
(b) he is—
(i) excluded or abstains from work, or from work of such a kind, pursuant to a request or notice in writing lawfully made under a statutory provision, or
(ii) otherwise prevented from working pursuant to a statutory provision,
by reason of his being a carrier, or having been in contact with a case, of an infectious disease to which—(aa) section 15(1) of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (power to require person in contact with infectious disease to discontinue employment and compensation therefor) applies,(bb) regulations 8 and 9 of the Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1971 (examination, etc., of persons on aircraft and powers in respect of persons leaving aircraft) apply, or(cc) regulations 9 and 10 of the Public Health (Ships) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1971 (examination, etc., of persons on ships and powers in respect of certain persons on ships) apply.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 16th March 2006.
John O'Neill
A senior officer of the
Department for Social Development
