Regulation 2 Saving provision related to the suspension of waiting days
Despite the expiry of section 40 of the Coronavirus Act 2020f1, regulation 2 of the Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) Regulations 2020f2 (“the 2020 Regulations”) shall continue to have effect, subject to the modifications specified in paragraph (3), as set out in this regulation.
Regulation 2 of the 2020 Regulations shall continue to have effect, subject to the modifications specified in paragraph (3), in relation to a period of incapacity for work which is related to coronavirus where that period of incapacity for work begins on or before 24th March 2022.
The modifications are that regulation 2 of the 2020 Regulations is treated as though the following were omitted—
the word “or” at the end of paragraph (3)(b)(i) of that regulation; and
paragraphs (3)(b)(ii) and (4) of that regulation.
In this regulation—
“period of incapacity for work” has the meaning given by section 152 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992f3; and
whether a period of incapacity for work is related to coronavirus is to be determined in accordance with regulation 2(3)(b) of the 2020 Regulations.
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Footnotes
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Section 40 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 expires at midnight on 24th March 2022. Regulations made under that power also expire, except as provided for in these Regulations, at the same time.
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S.I. 2020/374. This instrument has been amended by S.I. 2020/681.
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