Legislation – The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations2.

(1)

Schedule 1 to the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19825 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2)

In paragraphs 2 and 4 for “10” substitute “11”6.

(3)

In paragraph 3 for “14” substitute “11”.

(4)

For paragraph 5C7 substitute—

“5C.

The person (P), or someone P lives with or is in an extended household or a linked household with (S), has tested positive for coronavirus and P or S is staying at home —

(a)

for—

(i)

the period specified in a relevant notification which informs P or S that they had tested positive for coronavirus; or

(ii)

in any other circumstances, 11 days beginning with the day on which P or S first had the symptoms of coronavirus or, if earlier, the day on which P or S was given the coronavirus test which returned a positive result;

(b)

for—

(i)

the period specified in a relevant notification which informs P that they have had close contact with a person who has tested positive for coronavirus; or

(ii)

informs S that they have tested positive for coronavirus; or

(c)

if P still has symptoms of coronavirus at the end of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) (as the case may be), until P no longer has those symptoms.”

(5)

In paragraph 6, in the definition of “relevant notification”8, after “means a notification” insert “given orally (either in person or by telephone) or”, and omit “sent”.