
2020 No. 37
Social Security
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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Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 18th March 2020
Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the
Department for Communities
