Entitlement

(1) An insured person under sixty years shall be entitled to invalidity benefit if he is an invalid and satisfies the relevant conditions specified in these Regulations for a periodical payment or lump sum payment. (2) For the purposes of benefit in respect of invalidity under these Regulations, an “invalid” means an insured person incapable of work as a result of a specific disease or bodily or mental disablement which is likely to be permanent and who has been so incapable for a period of not less than twenty–six consecutive weeks immediately preceding the week in which the benefit is claimed.