Order made by the Department for Communities and laid before the Assembly under section 96(2) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 for approval of the Assembly before the expiration of 40 days from the date of being made.

2022 No. 205

Social SecurityTerms And Conditions Of Employment

The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Provisions Relating to Statutory Sick Pay) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made

The Department for Communities makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 90(2) of the Coronavirus Act 20201.

CitationI11

This Order may be cited as the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Provisions Relating to Statutory Sick Pay) (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Art. 1 in operation at 25.8.2022, see art. 1

Extension of expiry dateI22

Section 44 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (statutory sick pay: modification of regulation making powers: Northern Ireland) does not expire at the time when it would otherwise expire and expires instead on 24th September 2022.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Art. 2 in operation at 25.8.2022, see art. 1

RevocationI33

The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Provisions Relating to Statutory Sick Pay) Order (Northern Ireland) 20222 is revoked.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I3

Art. 3 in operation at 25.8.2022, see art. 1

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 25 August 2022.

(L.S.)Anne McClearyA senior officer of the Department for Communities
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 44 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (“the Act”) contains provision relating to Statutory Sick Pay.

Section 89(1) provides for the Act to expire at the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the day on which it was passed (25th March 2020). This is subject to limited exceptions. Section 90 allows expiring provisions to be extended for not more than 6 months.

The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Provisions Relating to Statutory Sick Pay) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022 No. 151) extended the expiry date of section 44 to 24th September 2022, but that Order has not been approved by the Assembly. The Department, however, wishes to ensure that section 44 is extended to 24th September 2022 and so makes this Order. The making of this Order renders the continued operation of S.R. 2022 No. 151 unnecessary and so that Order is revoked by this Order.