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Statutory Instruments
Social Security
Terms And Conditions Of Employment
Made
at 2.45 p.m. on 24th March 2022
Laid before Parliament
at 4.30 p.m. on 24th March 2022
Coming into force
25th March 2022
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 151(4) and 175(1), (3), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1).
In accordance with section 172(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 2), the Secretary of State has referred the proposals in respect of these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 25th March 2022.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
2.—(1) The Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982( 3) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a)(iii), after the words “contract of service,”, insert “or”;
(b) omit sub-paragraphs (c) and (d).
(3) Regulation 2(4) is omitted.
(4) Schedules 1 and 2 are omitted.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Chloe Smith
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
At 2.45 p.m. on 24th March 2022
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Regulation 2(2), (3) and (4) of these Regulations revokes the provisions within the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 which deem people to be incapable of work where they are unable to work either due to isolating themselves in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination with coronavirus, or due to shielding themselves in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination with coronavirus.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument due to the need to make and lay the instrument urgently to align with the expiry of the Coronavirus Act.
1992 c. 4. Section 151(4) was amended by section 11(1) of, and paragraph 34 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18). Section 175(1) is cited for the prescription of the person who is to make regulations. Section 175(1) and (4) were amended by section 2 of, and paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2).
