Regulation 153 Absence to receive medical treatmentI1

Northern Ireland

(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 Northern Ireland if—

(a)

the period of absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks;

(b)

while absent from Northern Ireland, the claimant continues to satisfy the other conditions of entitlement to that employment and support allowance;

(c)

the claimant is absent from Northern Ireland solely—

(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 Northern Ireland, or

(ii)

because the claimant is accompanying a dependent child in connection with arrangements made for the treatment of that child for a disease or bodily or mental disablement;

(d)

those arrangements relate to treatment—

(i)

outside Northern Ireland,

(ii)

during the period whilst the claimant is temporarily absent from Northern Ireland, and

(iii)

by, or under the supervision of, a person appropriately qualified to carry out that treatment; F1...

(e)

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(2)

In paragraph (1)(d)(iii) “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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 153(1)(e) and word omitted (26.10.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/338), regs. 1(1), 8(14)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 153 in operation at 27.10.2008, see reg. 1(1)