(1) For the purposes of the Principal Act, a person who would not otherwise be treated as incapable of work as a result of having suffered an occupational accident shall be so treated in respect of any day on which, as a result of that accident he or she satisfies the conditions specified in sub-articles (2) and (3).

(2) A person who is not incapable of work shall, if it is so decided under the Principal Act, be deemed to be incapable of work by reason of some specific disease or bodily or mental disablement for any day when -

(a) he or she is under medical care in respect of such disease or disablement and it is certified by a registered medical practitioner that by reason of such disease or disablement the person should abstain from work and he or she does not work, or

(b) he or she is a probable source of infection with a disease specified in regulations under the Health Act 1947 (No. 28 of 1947), to be an infectious disease and the person abstains from work in pursuance of a written order or written advice of a registered medical practitioner.

(2A) For the purposes of section 74, a day or days may, notwithstanding sub-articles (4) and (5), be deemed to be a day or days of incapacity for work, if it is a day or days falling immediately after the end date of a period of incapacity for work as determined in accordance with this article.