The Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982

Regulation 2(1)

[F1 SCHEDULE  ISOLATION DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. inserted (28.3.2020) by The Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Waiting Days and General Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/374), reg. 1, Sch.

1.   A person is isolating himself from other people in such a manner as to prevent infection or contamination with coronavirus in accordance with this Schedule if he is doing so pursuant to paragraphs 2 to [F2 5A].

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in Sch. para. 1 substituted (16.4.2020) by The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/427), regs. 1, 2(2)

2.   The person has symptoms of coronavirus, however mild, and is staying at home for 7 days, beginning with the day (“day 1”) the symptoms started.

3.   The person lives with someone who is isolating himself in accordance with paragraph 2, and that person is staying at home for 14 days, beginning with day 1.

4.   The person is staying at home under paragraph 3 and develops the symptoms of coronavirus, however mild, and is staying at home for 7 days, beginning with the day the symptoms started.

5.   Where the person is staying at home pursuant to paragraph 4, paragraph 3 no longer applies to that person.

[F3 5A.   The person—

(a) is defined in public health guidance as extremely vulnerable and at very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus because of an underlying health condition; and

(b) has been advised, by notification sent to, or in respect of, that person in accordance with that guidance, to follow rigorously shielding measures for the period specified in the notification.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. para. 5A inserted (16.4.2020) by The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/427), regs. 1, 2(3)

6.   In this Schedule–

“Chief Medical Officer” means—

(a)

the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health and Social Care; and

(b)

the Officer with corresponding functions in relation to Scotland and Wales;

“Deputy Chief Medical Officer” is to be construed by reference to the definition of “Chief Medical Officer”; F4 ...

[F5 “public heath guidance” means guidance, as amended from time to time, issued by—

(a)

Public Health England;

(b)

the Scottish Ministers; or

(c)

Public Health Wales National Health Service Trust; and]

“symptoms of coronavirus” means the recent onset of —

(a)

a continuous cough;

(b)

a high temperature;

(c)

both a continuous cough and a high temperature; or

(d)

any other symptoms of coronavirus as may be specified by the Chief Medical Officer or one of the Deputy Chief Medical Officers in guidance as amended from time to time.]

Textual Amendments

F4 Word in Sch. para. 6 omitted (16.4.2020) by virtue of The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/427), regs. 1, 2(4)

F5 Words in Sch. para. 6 inserted (16.4.2020) by The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/427), regs. 1, 2(4)