# The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1983, Article 2: Amendment of article 4 of the principal scheme


For paragraph (4) of article 4 of the principal scheme there is substituted the following paragraph—
“(4) An increase of allowance under the provisions of article 5, 6, 7 or 8 shall not be payable for any period during which the person entitled to the allowance is absent from the United Kingdom except that—
(a) a person shall not be disqualified from receiving an increase of allowance under article 5 or 6 by reason of being temporarily absent from the United Kingdom during a period in which that person is entitled to receive an increase of allowance on account of unemployability under article 7;
(b) a person shall not be disqualified from receiving an increase of allowance under article 8 by reason of being temporarily absent from the United Kingdom during the period of 6 months from the date on which such absence commences or during such longer period as the Secretary of State may, having regard to the purposes of the absence and any other factors which appear to him to be relevant, allow;
(c) a person shall not be disqualified from receiving an increase of allowance under article 7 by reason of being temporarily absent from the United Kingdom.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/504/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1983/article-2
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