Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 1735
Social Security
Terms And Conditions Of Employment
The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made
1st July 2008
Laid before Parliament
7th July 2008
Coming into force
27th October 2008
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 153(5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1 ) and section 130(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 2 ) and after consultation with the Social Security Advisory Committee( 3 ), makes the following Regulations.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 27th October 2008.
Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982
2. —(1)The Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982( 4 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 15 (provision of information by employers to employees)—
(a) for paragraph (3)(a) substitute—
“ (a) the information mentioned in paragraph (1) above is a statement informing the employee of—
(i) the reason why the period of entitlement ended;
(ii) the date of the last day in respect of which the employer is or was liable to make a payment of statutory sick pay to him. ” .
(b) for paragraph (4)(a) substitute—
“ (a) the information mentioned in paragraph (1) above is a statement informing the employee of—
(i) the reason why the period of entitlement is expected to end;
(ii) the date of the last day in respect of which the employer is or was expected to be liable to make a payment of statutory sick pay to him. ” .
Revocation
3. Regulations 3A (maximum entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay in a period of entitlement) and 15A (statements relating to the payment of statutory sick pay) of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982 are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
William D. McKenzie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
1st July 2008
1992 c.4 .
1992 c.5 . By virtue of section 189(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, regulations under section 130(2) fall to be made by the Secretary of State.
See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) , section 172(1).
S.I. 1982/894 ; the relevant amending instrument is S.I.1986/477 .