Regulation 2 Persons deemed incapable of work

A person who is not incapable of work of which he can reasonably be expected to do under a particular contract of service may be deemed to be incapable of work of such a kind by reason of some specific disease or bodily or mental disablement for any day on which F1...—

A person who at the commencement of any day is, or thereafter on that day becomes, incapable of work of such a kind by reason of some specific disease or bodily or mental disablement, and

shall be deemed to be incapable of work of such a kind by reason of that disease or bodily or mental disablement throughout that day.

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)—

• “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under—

  1. (a)

     an Act; or

  2. (b)

     an Act of the Scottish Parliament; and

• F9“relevant infection or contamination” means—

  1. (a)

     in England and Wales–

     1. (i)

        any incidence or spread of infection or contamination, within the meaning of section 45A(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 in respect of which regulations are made under Part 2A of that Act (public health protection) for the purpose of preventing, protecting against, controlling or providing a public health response to, such incidence or spread, or

     2. (ii)

        any disease, food poisoning, infection, infectious disease or notifiable disease to which regulation 9 (powers in respect of persons leaving aircraft) of the Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1979 applies or to which regulation 10 (powers in respect of certain persons on ships) of the Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1979 applies; and

  2. (b)

     in Scotland, any–

     1. (i)

        infectious disease within the meaning of section 1(5) of the Public Health etc (Scotland) Act 2008, or exposure to an organism causing that disease, or

     2. (ii)

        contamination within the meaning of section 1(5) of that Act, or exposure to a contaminant,

     to which sections 56 to 58 of that Act (compensation) apply.

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