7.—(1) A person who immediately before the appointed day is deemed to be incapable of work by virtue of regulation 3(3)(a)(ii) of the Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit Regulations(1) (persons deemed to be incapable of work) shall continue to be so deemed on or after the appointed day notwithstanding that the work referred to in that regulation is undertaken for 16 hours or more in the week in which it is performed.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall cease to apply—
(a)when the period of incapacity for work comes to an end on or after the appointed day; or
(b)when no work is undertaken for a period of not less than 57 continuous days in a period of incapacity for work.
Section 153(1) is amended by Article 10(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994