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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-coronavirus-suspension-of-waiting-days-and-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-2020/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/681",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-coronavirus-suspension-of-waiting-days-and-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-2020",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nRegulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/894).\nThe amendments in paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (7)(a) and (10) and the Schedule ensure that persons who are shielding themselves from other people in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination with coronavirus will continue to be deemed to be incapable of work for the purpose of entitlement to statutory sick pay.\nThe amendments in paragraphs (6), (7)(b) and (9)(a) ensure that persons deemed to be incapable of work because they or another person have the symptoms of coronavirus will remain entitled to statutory sick pay until the person with those symptoms receives notification that they have tested negative for coronavirus.\nThe amendments in paragraphs (7)(a) and (9)(a) ensure that a person will be entitled to statutory sick pay if a member of a linked household (in England) or of their extended household (in Wales and Scotland) has the symptoms of coronavirus.\nThe amendment in paragraph (9)(b) corrects a typographical error.\nRegulation 3 of these Regulations amends the Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/374) to ensure that those deemed incapable of work by virtue of the amendments made by regulation 2 of these Regulations do not have to serve waiting days for entitlement for statutory sick pay.\nNo regulatory impact assessment has been produced for these Regulations in view of the urgency required to provide additional financial support to those unable to work as a result of coronavirus.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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