The Statutory Sick Pay (Rate of Payment) Order 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/506
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (Rate of Payment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 6th April 1991, immediately after the coming into force of article 9 of the Social Security Benefits Up-Rating Order 1991 .

(2) In this Order “the 1982 Act ” means the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982.

Section 2 Substitution of provisions in section 7(1) of the 1982 Act

For paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of section 7 of the 1982 Act , there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

(a) £52.50, in a case where the employee’s normal weekly earnings under his contract of service with that employer are not less than £185; or

(b) £43.50, in any other case.

Section 3 Transitional Provisions

Where in relation to statutory sick pay a period of entitlement as between an employer and an employee is running at 6th April 1991 and the employees normal weekly earnings under the contract of service with that employer are not less than, or are treated for the purposes of section 7(1) of the 1982 Act as not less than £125.00, they shall be treated for the purposes of that section as not less than £185.00 for the remainder of that period.

Section 4 Revocation

Regulation 2 of the Statutory Sick Pay (Rate of Payment) Regulations 1990 is hereby revoked.