{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-2021/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-2021/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1453",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Modification of the 1985 Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Where this regulation applies, regulation 2(2) of the 1985 Regulations has effect as if for “7 days” there were substituted “28 days”.\n(2) Regulation 2(1) applies in relation to a person who has a spell of incapacity for work which—\n(a) has commenced prior to the date on which these Regulations come into force but which, on that date, has lasted for no longer than 7 days; or\n(b) commences on any day during the inclusive period which—\n(i) begins with the date on which these Regulations come into force; and\n(ii) ends at the end of 26th January 2022.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1453/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:05:30.768824+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."
}