# The Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982, Regulation 22: Treatment of distinct periods of hospital in-patient treatment as continuous for the purposes of section 62 of the Act


For the purposes of section 62 (increase of disablement benefit during hospital treatment) a person who receives medical treatment as an in-patient for 2 or more distinct periods separated by an interval of less than a week in each case shall be treated as receiving such treatment continuously from the beginning of the first period until the end of the last.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1408/regulation/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-general-benefit-regulations-1982/regulation-22
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