The Social Security (Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004
These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (“the Income Support Regulations”) and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations”) to provide that a person who is entitled to income support or a jobseeker’s allowance retains his entitlement to benefit during a period of temporary absence from Northern Ireland in order to receive National Health Service (NHS) hospital treatment pursuant to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (N.I. 14) or the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (N.I. 1).