Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 No. 13

PART 1 N.I. SOCIAL SECURITY

Revised system of working-age benefits N.I.

Prospective

Statutory sick pay and employment and support allowance N.I.

6  In section 20 of the Welfare Reform Act (relationship of employment and support allowance with statutory sick pay and other statutory payments), for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) A person—

(a) is not entitled to a contributory allowance in respect of a day, and

(b) except as regulations may provide, is not entitled to an income-related allowance in respect of a day,

if, for the purposes of statutory sick pay, that day is a day of incapacity for work in relation to a contract of service and falls within a period of entitlement (whether or not it is a qualifying day).”.