# The Personal Social Services (Preserved Rights) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, Regulation 4: Ordinarily resident


(1) A person is to be treated as ordinarily resident in any premises for the purposes of section 1 if he is in fact resident in such premises or if he is temporarily absent from such premises.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation “temporarily absent” means absent for a period which does not exceed—
(a) unless throughout the period of absence the person was a patient—
(i) 4 weeks, where he was before his absence a temporary resident in relevant premises;
(ii) 13 weeks, where he was before his absence a permanent resident in relevant premises;
(b) 52 weeks, where throughout the period of absence the person was a patient.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation—
(a) a “patient” means a person (other than a prisoner) who is regarded as receiving free in-patient treatment within the meaning of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975; and
(b) a person is a permanent resident in relevant premises where those premises are his principal place of abode, and a temporary resident where they are not.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/136/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/personal-social-services-preserved-rights-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-4
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