{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-income-support-and-jobseekers-allowance-amendment-regulations-2004/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110493931",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance) Amendment Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-income-support-and-jobseekers-allowance-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987",
  "text": "(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.\n(2) After paragraph (3) of regulation 4 (temporary absence from Great Britain) insert the following paragraph—\n“(3A) A claimant’s entitlement to income support shall continue during a period of temporary absence from Great Britain if—\n(a) he satisfied the conditions of entitlement to income support immediately before the beginning of that period of temporary absence; and\n(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—\n(i) under section 3 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (services generally);\n(ii) pursuant to arrangements made under section 23 of that Act (voluntary organisations and other bodies); or\n(iii) pursuant to arrangements made under paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (National Health Service Trusts – specific powers).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1967."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 1988/663, 1990/547, 1995/482, 1996/206 and 1944."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110493931/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:23:52.670989+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}