(1)An employee who is suspended from work by his employer on medical grounds in consequence of—
(a)any requirement imposed by or under any provision of any enactment or of any instrument made under any enactment, or
(b)any recommendation in any provision of a code of practice issued or approved under section 16 of the M1Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974,
which is a provision for the time being specified in Schedule 1 shall, subject to the following provisions of this Act, be entitled to be paid by his employer remuneration while he is so suspended for a period not exceeding twenty-six weeks.
(2)For the purposes of this section and sections 20 to 22 and 61, an employee shall be regarded as suspended from work only if, and so long as, he continues to be employed by his employer, but is not provided with work or does not perform the work he normally performed before the suspension.
(3)The Secretary of State may by order add provisions to or remove provisions from the list of specified provisions in Schedule 1.
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