The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975

Modification of the Act in relation to the Channel Islands

12.—(1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Act or of these regulations a person shall not—

(a)be disqualified for receiving any benefit under the Act by reason of absence from Great BritainF1...;

(b)be disentitled to a maternity grant in respect of a confinement outside Great Britain; or

(c)be disqualified for receiving a death grant in respect of a death occurring outside Great Britain,

if that person is, or, as the case may be, that confinement or that death occurred, in any part of the Channel Islands which is not subject to an order made under section 143 of the Act or section 105 of the former Principal Act.

(2) A person who—

(a)(i)is in any part of the Channel Islands which is not the subject of an order made under section 143 of the Act or section 84 of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965, or

(ii)is going from (or to) Great Britain to (or from) such a part of the Channel Islands; and who

(b)suffers an industrial accident in the course of his employment (being employed earner's employment by virtue of regulation 94 of the Contributions Regulations),

shall, subject to the provisions of section 51 of the Act, be treated as if the employment were employed earner's employment for the purposes of industrial injuries and as if the accident occurred in Great Britain.

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