Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 (S.I.1982/894) (“the 1982 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends the 1982 Regulations to provide that a person is deemed incapable of work if he is excluded or abstains from work in accordance with a request or notice in writing made under an enactment, or is otherwise prevented from working pursuant to an enactment, in order to prevent the spread of a relevant disease. Definitions of “enactment” and “relevant disease” are also inserted.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.