23. Where by virtue of section 4(1) of the Act (payments treated as remuneration and earnings) a sickness payment is treated as remuneration derived from an employed earner’s employment, that payment shall be made through the person who is the secondary contributor in relation to the employment concerned except where—
(a)the payment is payable by another person;
(b)that person has agreed with the secondary contributor to make the payment; and
(c)arrangements have been made between them for the person who has agreed to make the payment to furnish the secondary contributor with the information specified in paragraph 3(5)(a) of Schedule 4 (intermediate employers).