{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-general-coronavirus-amendment-no-5-regulations-2020/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-general-coronavirus-amendment-no-5-regulations-2020/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/829",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-general-coronavirus-amendment-no-5-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 1 to the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 (isolation due to coronavirus) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 1, for “5B” substitute “5F”.\n(3) In paragraphs 2 and 4, for “7” substitute “10”.\n(4) In paragraph 5B, for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) is staying at home until the date specified in a relevant notification.”.\n(5) After paragraph 5B insert—\n“5C. The person (P) has tested positive for coronavirus and is staying at home—\n(a) for 10 days beginning with the day P first had the symptoms of coronavirus or, if earlier, the day on which P was notified that they had tested positive for coronavirus; or\n(b) if P still has symptoms of coronavirus at the end of the period specified in sub-paragraph (a), until P no longer has those symptoms.\n5D. Where P is staying at home pursuant to paragraph 5C,paragraphs 2, 4 and 5B no longer apply.\n5E. The person lives with, or is in an extended household or a linked household with, a person (S) who has tested positive for coronavirus and S is staying at home—\n(a) for 10 days beginning with the day (“day 1”) S first had the symptoms of coronavirus or, if earlier, the day on which S was notified that they had tested positive for coronavirus; or\n(b) if S still has symptoms of coronavirus at the end of the period specified in sub-paragraph (a), S no longer has those symptoms.\n5F. Where S is staying at home pursuant to paragraph 5E,paragraphs 2 to 5B no longer apply.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1982/894. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2020/287, 304, 374, 427, 539 and 681."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/829/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:27:07.201973+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}