
2020 No. 32
Social Security
The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
Made 12th March 2020
Coming into operation 13th 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) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 13th 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) The Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982  are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(persons deemed incapable of work) —
(a) in paragraph (1), in the introductory words, omit  “either”;
(b) at the end of paragraph (1)(a), omit  “or”;
(c) after paragraph (1)(b)  insert—“ ; or
(c) he is—
(i) isolating himself, from other people in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination with coronavirus disease, in accordance with guidance published by the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being  and effective on 12th March 2020; and
(ii) by reason of that isolation is unable to work..”.
(3) After paragraph (2) insert—“
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c)—“coronavirus disease” means COVID-19.”.
Expiry
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Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 12th March 2020
Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the
Department for Communities
