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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-order-2006/article-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/606",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-order-2006",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Abstention from work following treatment in a hospital or similar institution",
  "text": "(1) 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.\n(2) This article shall not apply to a member who is in receipt of a personal unemployability allowance under article 12(1)(a).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/606/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:35:32.225189+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}