Regulation 3 Number of weeks Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below: regs 2(1), 3 amended by Statutory Sick Pay (Small Employers' Relief) 1994 reg.2 The prescribed number of weeks for the purposes of section 9(1B)(b) of the Act is 6. ← Regulation 2 Regulation 3 Signature →