# The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations further amend the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 (“the principal Regulations”).
Regulation 2 amends regulation 13 of the principal Regulations (which relates to records to be maintained by employers) by adding 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 correspond to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/569/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/note
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