The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2020/539 |
2020 No. 539
Social SecurityTerms And Conditions Of Employment
The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
Made 26th May 2020
Laid before Parliament 27th May 2020
Coming into force 28th May 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 151(4) and 175(1), (3), (4) and (5A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19921, makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 173(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 19922, it appears to the Secretary of State that by reason of the urgency of this matter it is inexpedient to refer the proposals in respect of these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 28th May 2020.
Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982
2.—(1) The Schedule (isolation due to coronavirus) to the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 19823is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1 for “5A” substitute “5B”.
(3) After paragraph 5A insert—
“5B. The person—
(a) has been advised by a relevant notification that he has had contact with a person who at the time of the contact was infected with coronavirus, and
(b) is staying at home until the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the latest date on which that contact occurred, or (if sooner) until the date specified in the latest relevant notification.”
(4) In paragraph 6, after the definition of “public health guidance” omit “and” and insert—
““relevant notification” means a notification in writing sent to, or in respect of, a person by—
(a) the Department of Health and Social Care;
(b) Public Health England4;
(c) Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust5;
(d) the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service6;
(e) a person employed or engaged for the purposes of the health service (within the meaning of section 275 of the National Health Service Act 20067or section 108 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19788);
(f) any other person employed or engaged by a Government Department or other public authority in communicable disease surveillance; and”.
Justin Tomlinson
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
26th May...
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