PART II GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INCAPACITY FOR WORK

CHAPTER III PERSONS TREATED AS INCAPABLE

F2Person with a relevant infection or contaminationF111

1

A person shall be treated as incapable of work on any day in respect of which he is—

a

excluded or abstains from work pursuant to a request or notice in writing lawfully made under an enactment; or

b

otherwise prevented from working pursuant to an enactment,

F3by reason of it being known or reasonably suspected that he is infected or contaminated by, or has been in contact with a case of, a relevant infection or contamination.

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

  • “enactment” means an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under—

    1. a

      an Act; or

    2. b

      an Act of the Scottish Parliament; and

  • F4“relevant infection or contamination” means—

    1. a

      in England and Wales–

      1. i

        any incidence or spread of infection or contamination, within the meaning of section 45A(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 in respect of which regulations are made under Part 2A of that Act (public health protection) for the purpose of preventing, protecting against, controlling or providing a public health response to, such incidence or spread, or

      2. ii

        any disease, food poisoning, infection, infectious disease or notifiable disease to which regulation 9 (powers in respect of persons leaving aircraft) of the Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations 1979 applies or to which regulation 10 (powers in respect of certain persons on ships) of the Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1979 applies; and

    2. b

      in Scotland, any–

      1. i

        infectious disease within the meaning of section 1(5) of the Public Health etc (Scotland) Act 2008, or exposure to an organism causing that disease, or

      2. ii

        contamination within the meaning of section 1(5) of that Act, or exposure to a contaminant,

    to which sections 56 to 58 of that Act (compensation) apply.