Article 18 Abstention from work following treatment in a hospital or similar institution

Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a member of the armed forces should on completion of a course of treatment abstain from work in consequence of the condition which necessitated that treatment and as a result of abstention from work he incurs a loss of earnings, he may be treated as if he were eligible for such period as the Secretary of State may think fit for a treatment allowance under article 17.

This article shall not apply to a member who is in receipt of a personal unemployability allowance under article 12(1)(a).