(1) Sickness benefit shall be paid for each day, excluding 1 day in each week as determined under these Regulations as long as the incapacity continues, subject to a maximum period of 6 months in any continuous period of incapacity for work.
(2) In determining a period of incapacity, a period separated by not more than 8 weeks is treated as one continuous period of incapacity for work starting on the 1st day of the first such period.