# The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013, Regulation 90: Absence to receive medical treatment


(1) A claimant is to continue to be entitled to an employment and support allowance during the first 26 weeks of a temporary absence from Great Britain if—
(a) the period of absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks;
(b) while absent from Great Britain, the claimant continues to satisfy the other conditions of entitlement to that employment and support allowance;
(c) the claimant is absent from Great Britain only—
(i) in connection with arrangements made for the treatment of the claimant for a disease or bodily or mental disablement directly related to the claimant’s limited capability for work which commenced before leaving Great Britain; or
(ii) because the claimant is accompanying a dependent child (which means any child or qualifying young person who is treated as the responsibility of the claimant or the claimant’s partner, where that child or young person is a member of the claimant’s household) in connection with arrangements made for the treatment of that child for a disease or bodily or mental disablement; and
(d) those arrangements relate to treatment—
(i) outside Great Britain;
(ii) during the period whilst the claimant is temporarily absent from Great Britain; and
(iii) by, or under the supervision of, a person appropriately qualified to carry out that treatment.
(2) In this regulation, “appropriately qualified” means qualified to provide medical treatment, physiotherapy or a form of treatment which is similar to, or related to, either of those forms of treatment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111531877/regulation/90 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-2013/regulation-90
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