Part 1: Main Provisions Section 44: Statutory sick pay: modification of regulation making power: Northern Ireland
This section amends section 147 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 to include a provision that the Secretary of State may make regulations referring to guidance issued by the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being, Public Health England, National Health Services Scotland and Public Health Wales in determining whether an employee should be deemed to be incapable of work by reason of COVID-19, for example because the employee is self-isolating.
	The territorial extent and application of this section is Northern Ireland only.