Paragraph 16

After note 26, insert—

“26A

Where two or more periods of incapacity are separated by a break or breaks each of not more than 56 days, those periods are treated as one continuous period of incapacity.

26B

A person is terminally ill if he suffers from a progressive disease and his death in consequence of that disease can reasonably be expected within 6 months. When two or more periods of incapacity are separated by a break or breaks each of not more than 56 days, those periods are treated as one continuous period of incapacity.”.