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Section 160.
1E+W+SAny day which—
(a)is a day of incapacity for work in relation to any contract of service; and
(b)falls within a period of entitlement (whether or not it is also a qualifying day),
shall not be treated for the purposes of this Act as a day of incapacity for work for the purposes of determining whether a period is F1... [F2a period of incapacity for work for the purposes of incapacity benefit].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 12 para. 1 repealed (7.10.1996) by Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), s. 41(2), Sch. 3; S.I. 1996/2208, art. 2(b)
F2Words in Sch. 12 para. 1 inserted (13.4.1995) by Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), s. 16(3), Sch. 1 para. 44(2); S.I. 1994/2926, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. 4
2(1)Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, any entitlement to statutory sick pay shall not affect any right of an employee in relation to remuneration under any contract of service (“contractual remuneration”).E+W+S
(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below—
(a)any contractual remuneration paid to an employee by an employer of his in respect of a day of incapacity for work shall go towards discharging any liability of that employer to pay statutory sick pay to that employee in respect of that day; and
(b)any statutory sick pay paid by an employer to an employee of his in respect of a day of incapacity for work shall go towards discharging any liability of that employer to pay contractual remuneration to that employee in respect of that day.
(3)Regulations may make provision as to payments which are, and those which are not, to be treated as contractual remuneration for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) above.
Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 12 paras. 3, 4 and cross-heading substituted (13.4.1995) by Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), s. 16(3), Sch. 1 para. 44(3); S.I. 1994/2926, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. 4
3(1)This paragraph and paragraph 4 below have effect to exclude, where a period of entitlement as between an employee and an employer of his comes to an end, the provisions by virtue of which short-term incapacity benefit is not paid for the first three days.E+W+S
(2)If the first day immediately following the day on which the period of entitlement came to an end—
(a)is a day of incapacity for work in relation to that employee, and
(b)is not a day in relation to which paragraph 1 above applies by reason of any entitlement as between the employee and another employer,
that day shall, except in prescribed cases, be or form part of a period of incapacity for work notwithstanding section 30C(1)(b) above (by virtue of which a period of incapacity for work must be at least 4 days long).
(3)Where each of the first two consecutive days, or the first three consecutive days, following the day on which the period of entitlement came to an end is a day to which paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph (2) above apply, that sub-paragraph has effect in relation to the second day or, as the case may be, in relation to the second and third days, as it has effect in relation to the first.
4(1)Where a period of entitlement as between an employee and an employer of his comes to an end, section 30A(3) above (exclusion of benefit for first 3 days of period) does not apply in relation to any day which—E+W+S
(a)is or forms part of a period of incapacity for work (whether by virtue of paragraph 3 above or otherwise), and
(b)falls within the period of 57 days immediately following the day on which the period of entitlement came to an end.
(2)Where sub-paragraph (1) above applies in relation to a day, section 30A(3) above does not apply in relation to any later day in the same period of incapacity for work.]
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 12 para. 5 and cross-heading substituted (13.4.1995) by Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), s. 16(3), Sch. 1 para. 44(4); S.I. 1994/2926, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. 4
5E+W+SParagraph 1 above does not apply for the purpose of determining whether the conditions specified in section 40(3) or (4) or section 41(2) or (3) above are satisfied.]
6E+W+SParagraph 1 above does not apply in relation to paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to this Act and accordingly the references in paragraph 3 of that Schedule to a period of interruption of employment shall be construed as if the provisions re-enacted in this Part of this Act had not been enacted.
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