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153.—(1) A claimant is to continue to be entitled to an employment and support allowance during the first 26 weeks of a temporary absence from Great Britain if—
(a)the period of absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks;
(b)while absent from Great Britain, the claimant continues to satisfy the other conditions of entitlement to that employment and support allowance;
(c)the claimant is absent from Great Britain solely—
(i)in connection with arrangements made for the treatment of the claimant for a disease or bodily or mental disablement directly related to the claimant’s limited capability for work which commenced before leaving Great Britain; or
(ii)because the claimant is accompanying a dependent child in connection with arrangements made for the treatment of that child for a disease or bodily or mental disablement;
(d)those arrangements relate to treatment—
(i)outside Great Britain;
(ii)during the period whilst the claimant is temporarily absent from Great Britain; and
(iii)by, or under the supervision of, a person appropriately qualified to carry out that treatment; and
(e)before leaving Great Britain the claimant sought and received the permission of the Secretary of State to do so.
(2) In paragraph (1)(d)(iii), “appropriately qualified” means qualified to provide medical treatment, physiotherapy or a form of treatment which is similar to, or related to, either of those forms of treatment.
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