Sickness benefit shall be payable only if —
(a) the insured person —
(i) is absent from work in accordance with regulation 3,
(ii) is engaged in insurable employment immediately prior to the day on which incapacity commenced,
(iii) was engaged in insurable employment and has paid at least 2 month's contributions for a period of 4 months immediately preceding —
(A) the 1st day of March, 2020; or
(B) the contribution period in which the 1st day of the continuous period of incapacity for work occurred, whichever is the later,
(iv) has paid contributions for not less than 6 months since his or her registration under the Act;
(b) the employer was operating on the 1st day on which the incapacity commenced.