Section 152 — Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992: Period of incapacity for work.

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2 In this Part of this Act “ period of incapacity for work ” means a period of one day which is, or of two or more consecutive days each of which is, a day of incapacity for work in relation to the contract of service in question.

3 Any two periods of incapacity for work which are separated by a period of not more than 8 weeks shall be treated as a single period of incapacity for work.

4 The Secretary of State may by regulations direct that a larger number of weeks specified in the regulations shall be substituted for the number of weeks for the time being specified in subsection (3) above.

5 No day of the week shall be disregarded in calculating any period of consecutive days for the purposes of this section.

6 A day may be a day of incapacity for work in relation to a contract of service, and so form part of a period of incapacity for work, notwithstanding that—

a it falls before the making of the contract or after the contract expires or is brought to an end; or b it is not a day on which the employee concerned would be required by that contract to be available for work.