2. In regulation 2(1) of the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1982(1) (persons deemed incapable of work), for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(b)he is—
(i)excluded or abstains from work, or from work of such a kind, pursuant to a request or notice in writing lawfully made under a statutory provision, or
(ii)otherwise prevented from working pursuant to a statutory provision,
by reason of his being a carrier, or having been in contact with a case, of an infectious disease to which—
(aa)section 15(1) of the Public Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967(2) (power to require person in contact with infectious disease to discontinue employment and compensation therefor) applies,
(bb)regulations 8 and 9 of the Public Health (Aircraft) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1971(3) (examination, etc., of persons on aircraft and powers in respect of persons leaving aircraft) apply, or
(cc)regulations 9 and 10 of the Public Health (Ships) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1971(4) (examination, etc., of persons on ships and powers in respect of certain persons on ships) apply.”.
1967 c. 36; section 15(1) was amended by paragraph 75(c) of Schedule 16 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)) and Article 32(1) and (2)(c) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1))