The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002

Persons receiving treatment outside Great Britain

4.  For the purposes of the Act, a person who is not in Great Britain shall be treated as being in Great Britain during any period in which he is receiving treatment at a hospital or other institution outside Great Britain if the treatment is being provided under section 3 of the National Health Service Act 1977(1) or pursuant to arrangements made under section 23 of that Act or paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2).

(1)

1977 c. 49; the power in section 23 has been delegated to Health Authorities by regulation 2(1) of and Schedule 1 to the NHS (Functions of Health Authorities and Administrative Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/747). It has been delegated to Primary Care Trusts by regulation 3(2)(a) of and Schedule 1 to the Primary Care Trust (Functions) (England) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/695).

(2)

1990 c. 19.