# The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the regulations but is intended to indicate their general purport.)
These regulations are made for the purpose only of consolidating the regulations hereby revoked and listed in the Schedule to these regulations.
The regulations set out the circumstances in which the disqualification for the receipt of benefit during periods of absence from Northern Ireland may be removed. They also contain provisions relating to entitlement to benefit for a death or confinement abroad and other matters of a minor nature relative to the payment of benefit abroad.
No amendments other than those of a minor or consequential nature have been made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1978/114/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-persons-abroad-regulations-northern-ireland-1978/note
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