Regulation 2 Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

(1)

The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f1 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

After paragraph (3) of regulation 4^f2 (temporary absence from Great Britain) insert the following paragraph—

“(3A)

A claimant’s entitlement to income support shall continue during a period of temporary absence from Great Britain if—

(a)

he satisfied the conditions of entitlement to income support immediately before the beginning of that period of temporary absence; and

(b)

that period of temporary absence is for the purpose of the claimant receiving treatment at a hospital or other institution outside Great Britain where that treatment is being provided—

(i)

under section 3 of the National Health Service Act 1977^f3 (services generally);

(ii)

pursuant to arrangements made under section 23 of that Act^f4 (voluntary organisations and other bodies); or

(iii)

pursuant to arrangements made under paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990^f5 (National Health Service Trusts – specific powers).”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1987/1967.
f2: Regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 1988/663, 1990/547, 1995/482, 1996/206 and 1944.
f3: 1977 c. 49. Section 3 was amended by sections 184 and 196 of, paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 11 and Part 4 of Schedule 14 to, the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) and by S.I. 2002/2759.
f4: Section 23 was amended by section 25(4) of, and Schedule 7 to, the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), section 4 of, and paragraph 18(1) of Schedule 3 to, the Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54), section 63 of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to, the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22), section 2(1) of, and paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to, the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), sections 1(3) and 6(2) of, paragraphs 1 and 11 of Schedule 1 and paragraphs 4 and 9 of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17) and by S.I. 2000/90.
f5: 1990 c. 19. Paragraph 13 was amended by section 2(1) of, and paragraph 85(e) of Schedule 1 to, the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), section 65(1) of, and paragraphs 74 and 83(1) and (5) of Schedule 4 to, the Health Act 1999 (c. 8) and sections 1(3) and 6(2) of, paragraphs 39 and 46(a) of Schedule 1 to, and paragraphs 30 and 36(1) and (3) of Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17).