Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 1013
Social Security
The Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Funding of Employers’ Liabilities) (Closure) Regulations and the Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Funding of Employers’ Liabilities) (Northern Ireland) (Closure) Regulations 2021
Made
8th September 2021
Laid before Parliament
9th September 2021
Coming into force
30th September 2021
The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 159B of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 1 ) and section 155B of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992( 2 ).
Citation and Commencement
Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Funding of Employers’ Liabilities) Regulations 2020 and the Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Funding of Employers’ Liabilities) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020
Cessation of employer eligibility
3. —(1)Regulation 3 (funding of eligible employers’ liabilities by HMRC) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b), after “13th March 2020”, insert “and no later than 30th September 2021”;
(b) after “subject to paragraphs (2)”, insert “, (2A)”.
(3) After paragraph (2) insert—
“ (2A) A reimbursement amount does not include any amount paid to an employee in respect of a qualifying day ( 5 ) which falls after 30th September 2021. ” .
Final time limit for making a claim
4. For regulation 7 (time limit for making a claim) substitute—
“ 7. A claim may not be made after the earlier of—
(a) 31st December 2021; or
(b) the end of the period of 1 year beginning with the last qualifying day in the period of incapacity for work to which the reimbursement amount claimed relates. ” .
Jim Harra
Sophie Dean
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
8th September 2021
The Secretary of State concurs.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Justin Tomlinson
Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work
Department for Work and Pensions
8th September 2021
1992 c. 4 . By virtue of section 39(1) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7) , the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”) has effect as if a new section 159B were inserted after section 159A.
1992 c. 7 . By virtue of section 42(1) of the Coronavirus Act 2020, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (the “1992 NI Act”) has effect as if a new section 155B were inserted after section 155A.
S.I. 2020/512 , amended by S.I. 2020/1030 and 2021/281 .
S.I. 2020/513 , amended by S.I. 2020/1030 and 2021/281 .
“Qualifying day” is defined in section 154 of the 1992 Act and section 150 of the 1992 NI Act.