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The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

S.R. 2006/142 · Made 16 March 2006

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STATUTORY SICK PAY

Made 16th March 2006

Coming into operation 10th April 2006

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 147(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992f1 and now vested in itf2:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 7; section 147(4) was amended by paragraph 34 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12))

f2

See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 10th April 2006.

2Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations

In regulation 2(1) of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982f1 (persons deemed incapable of work), for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(b)

he is—

(i)

excluded or abstains from work, or from work of such a kind, pursuant to a request or notice in writing lawfully made under a statutory provision, or

(ii)

otherwise prevented from working pursuant to a statutory provision,

by reason of his being a carrier, or having been in contact with a case, of an infectious disease to which—

(aa)

section 15(1) of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967f2 (power to require person in contact with infectious disease to discontinue employment and compensation therefor) applies,

(bb)

regulations 8 and 9 of the Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1971f3 (examination, etc., of persons on aircraft and powers in respect of persons leaving aircraft) apply, or

(cc)

regulations 9 and 10 of the Public Health (Ships) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1971f4 (examination, etc., of persons on ships and powers in respect of certain persons on ships) apply.”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 16th March 2006.

L.S.

John O'Neill

A senior officer of the

Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 to provide that a person is deemed incapable of work if he is excluded or abstains from work or is otherwise prevented from working pursuant to public health legislation, in order to prevent the spread of an infectious disease.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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.