Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (Mariners, Airmen and Persons Abroad) Regulations 1982, and shall come into operation on 6th April 1983.

2

In these regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982;

  • F1“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

  • “the Contributions Regulations” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979;

  • “Part I” means Part I of the Act;

  • “the General Regulations” means the Statutory Sick Pay (General) Regulations 1982;

and other expressions, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings as in Part I.

3

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference—

a

in these regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these regulations; and

b

in any of these regulations to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation.