# The Statutory Sick Pay (General) Amendment Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/3042 · made 4 December 1996

These Regulations further amend the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982.

Made under: Social Security Administration Act 1992 (Section 130, Section 189, Section 191)

## Introductory text

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Made 4th December 1996
Laid before Parliament 11th December 1996
Coming into force 6th April 1997
The Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred by sections 130(4), 189(1) to (3) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Amendment Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 6th April 1997.

## 2 Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982

In regulation 13 of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 (records to be maintained by employers) after paragraph (1), insert–
“(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) only, the employer is not to be regarded as having made a payment of statutory sick pay where, in respect of any day recorded under paragraph (1)(a), the employee is entitled to receive, and does in fact receive, a payment or payments by way of contractual remuneration from his employer which, in aggregate, equal or exceed the amount of statutory sick pay payable in respect of that day.”.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Oliver Heald
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
4th December 1996

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 13 of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 (which relates to records to be maintained by employers) by inserting a new paragraph (1A) which provides that any payment, or payments, of contractual remuneration which equal or exceed the amount of statutory sick pay payable in respect of a day of incapacity, shall not be regarded as a payment of statutory sick pay for the purpose of the record keeping requirements of that regulation only.
These Regulations do not impose any costs on business.

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