Regulation 90 Absence to receive medical treatmentI1
Northern Ireland
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—
the period of absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks;
while absent from Northern Ireland, the claimant continues to satisfy the other conditions of entitlement to that employment and support allowance;
the claimant is absent from Northern Ireland only—
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
because the claimant is accompanying a dependent child (which means any child or qualifying young person who is treated as the responsibility of the claimant or the claimant’s partner, where that child or young person is a member of the claimant’s household) in connection with arrangements made for the treatment of that child for a disease or bodily or mental disablement; and
those arrangements relate to treatment—
outside Northern Ireland,
during the period whilst the claimant is temporarily absent from Northern Ireland, and
by, or under the supervision of, a person appropriately qualified to carry out that treatment.
In this regulation, “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.