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122 Duties of employers - statutory sick pay and claims for other benefits.N.I.

(1)Regulations may make provision requiring an employer, in a case falling within subsection (3) below to furnish information in connection with the making, by a person who is, or has been, an employee of that employer, of a claim for—

[F1(za)universal credit;]

[F2(a)short-term incapacity benefit;]

(b)a maternity allowance;

[F3(c)long-term incapacity benefit;]

(d)industrial injuries benefit; F4. . .

F4(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5(f)an employment and support allowance.]

(2)Regulations under this section shall prescribe—

(a)the kind of information to be furnished in accordance with the regulations;

(b)the person to whom information of the prescribed kind is to be furnished; and

(c)the manner in which, and period within which, it is to be furnished.

(3)The cases are—

(a)where, by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to the Contributions and Benefits Act or of regulations made under paragraph 1 of that Schedule, a period of entitlement does not arise in relation to a period of incapacity for work;

(b)where a period of entitlement has come to an end but the period of incapacity for work which was running immediately before the period of entitlement came to an end continues; and

(c)where a period of entitlement has not come to an end but, on the assumption that—

(i)the period of incapacity for work in question continues to run for a prescribed period; and

(ii)there is no material change in circumstances,

the period of entitlement will have ended on or before the end of the prescribed period.

(4)Regulations [F6made with the concurrence of the Inland Revenue]

(a)may require employers to maintain such records in connection with statutory sick pay as may be prescribed;

(b)may provide for—

(i)any person claiming to be entitled to statutory sick pay; or

(ii)any other person who is a party to proceedings arising under Part XI of the Contributions and Benefits Act,

to furnish to the Department [F7or the Inland Revenue (as the regulations may require)], within a prescribed period, any information required for the determination of any question arising in connection therewith; and

(c)may require employers who have made payments of statutory sick pay to furnish to the Department [F7or the Inland Revenue (as the regulations may require)] such documents and information, at such times, as may be prescribed.

[F8(5)Regulations made with the concurrence of the Inland Revenue may require employers to produce wages sheets and other documents and records to officers of the Inland Revenue, within a prescribed period, for the purpose of enabling them to satisfy themselves that statutory sick pay has been paid, and is being paid, in accordance with regulations under section 5 above, to employees or former employees who are entitled to it.]

Textual Amendments

F4S. 122(1)(e) and preceding word repealed (3.11.2000 for certain purposes, otherwise 6.4.2001) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 10 Pt. IV (with art. 75); S.R. 2000/332, art. 2(3)(g)-(5) (subject to art. 3 of the said S.R. 2000/332 (as amended by S.R. 2001/114, art. 3) and to art. 4 of the said S.R. 2000/332)

F6Words in s. 122(4) inserted (24.3.1999 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 29(a); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6 of the said S.R.)

F7Words in s. 122(4)(b)(c) inserted (24.3.1999 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 29(b); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6 of the said S.R.)

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