The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Mariners' Benefits) Regulations 1975

Disqualification and suspension during absence from Great Britain

5.  Those provisions of section 82(5) of the Act which provide for disqualification for the receipt of benefit during periods of absence from Great Britain shall have effect in relation to benefit payable in respect of an accident arising out of and in the course of, or a prescribed disease due to the nature of, the employment of a mariner, subject to the following exceptions:—

(a) a mariner shall not be disqualified for receiving injury benefit for any period during which he is absent from Great Britain by reason of his employment as a mariner;

(b) a mariner shall not be disqualified for receiving an increase of disablement pension in respect of special hardship under section 60 of the Act by reason of being absent from Great Britain in the course of his employment (being employed earner's employment as a mariner).