# The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, Regulation 153: Absence to receive medical treatment

Extent: N.I.

(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; ...
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/280/regulation/153 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-153
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