SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 N.I. Circumstances in which a claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work

In hospital N.I.

2.—(1) The claimant is— N.I.

(a) undergoing medical or other treatment as a patient in a hospital or similar institution, or

(b) recovering from such treatment in circumstances in which the Department is satisfied that the claimant should be treated as having limited capability for work.

(2) The circumstances in which a claimant is to be regarded as undergoing treatment falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a) include where the claimant is attending a residential programme of rehabilitation for the treatment of drug or alcohol dependency.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, a claimant is to be regarded as undergoing treatment as a patient in a hospital or similar institution only if that claimant has been advised by a health care professional to stay for a period of 24 hours or longer following medical or other treatment.