The Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days) (Saving Provision) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022
Regulation 2 makes saving provision related to the expiry of section 43 of the Coronavirus Act 2020. Section 43 allowed regulations to disapply section 151(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (which provides that Statutory Sick Pay is not payable for the first 3 days of a period of incapacity for work) where a period of incapacity for work is related to coronavirus. Section 43 expires at midnight on 24th September 2022 and, as a result, regulation 2 of the Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (“the 2020 Regulations”), which was made under that power, also expires. The effect of regulation 2 of the 2020 Regulations was that Statutory Sick Pay was payable from day 1 of a period of incapacity for work which is related to coronavirus, as opposed to day 4 as would otherwise be the case.