Other Notices

STATE PENSION CREDIT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002WELFARE REFORM ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2007SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 19922020-08-052020-08-14TSO (The Stationery Office), customer.services@thegazette.co.uk36139418287

DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES

SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ACT 1992, JOBSEEKERS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1995, THE STATE PENSION CREDIT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002 AND WELFARE REFORM ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2007

STATUTORY SICK PAY (GENERAL) (CORONAVIRUS AMENDMENT) (NO. 5) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2020

The Department for Communities has made a Statutory Rule entitled “The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020” (S.R. 2020 No.167), which comes into operation on 5th August 2020.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982 (S.R. 1982 No. 263) to ensure that a person is entitled to statutory sick pay for the full period for which they are required to self-isolate and for the period a person is required to stay at home after testing positive for coronavirus.

Copies of the Rule may be purchased from the Stationery Office at www.tsoshop.co.uk or by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0333 202 5070 or viewed online at www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.