[F130D Incapacity benefit: construction of references to days of entitlement.N.I.
(1)The following provisions have effect in calculating for the purposes of—
(a)section 30A(4) above (length of entitlement to short-term incapacity benefit);
(b)section 30B(2) above (period after which short-term incapacity benefit is payable at higher rate);
(c)section 30B(4) above (period after which incapacity benefit is payable at long-term rate in case of terminal illness); and
(d)section 30B(5) above (construction of references to short-term incapacity benefit at the higher rate),
the number of days for which a person has been entitled to short-term incapacity benefit.
(2)There shall be included—
(a)the first 3 days of the period of incapacity for work; and
(b)in the case of a woman, any days for which she was entitled to maternity allowance.
(3)There shall also be included such days as may be prescribed in respect of which a person was entitled to statutory sick pay, and on the first of which he satisfied the contribution conditions for short-term incapacity benefit.
(4)There shall be excluded any days in respect of which a person was disqualified for receiving incapacity benefit.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 30C-30E inserted (21.11.1994 for the purpose of making regulations and 13.4.1995 otherwise) by S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12), art. 5(1); S.R. 1994/450, art. 2(b), Sch. Pt. II