# The Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 14: Temporary absence from Northern Ireland


(1) Subject to regulation 15, where a person is temporarily absent from Northern Ireland, the person is treated as present in Northern Ireland for the purpose of these Regulations for the first 4 weeks of absence.
(2) A person is temporarily absent from Northern Ireland if, at the beginning of the period of absence, the person’s absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2016/9780338004437/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-supplementary-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-14
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