Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation 4 of the General RegulationsI1

in paragraph (1) for the words from “shall continue during” to the end there shall be substituted the words—

• “shall continue only—

  1. (a)

     in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2), during the first 4 weeks of that period of temporary absence; and

  2. (b)

     in the circumstances specified in paragraph (3), during the first 8 weeks of that period.”;

after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraphs—

“(3)

The circumstances in which a claimant’s entitlement to income support is to continue during the first 8 weeks of a temporary absence from Great Britain are that—

(a)

the period of absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks; and

(b)

the claimant continues to satisfy the other conditions of entitlement to income support; and

(c)

the claimant is, or the claimant and any other member of his family are, accompanying a member of the claimant’s family who is a child or young person solely in connection with arrangements made for the treatment of that child or young person for a disease or bodily or mental disablement; and

(d)

those arrangements relate to treatment—

(i)

outside Great Britain;

(ii)

during the period whilst the claimant is, or the claimant and any member of his family are, temporarily absent from Great Britain; and

(iii)

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

(4)

In paragraphs (2) and (3) “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.”.