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Disqualification for injury benefit and disablement benefit

Social Security (Benefit) Regulations, reg. 50 · Revised Edition 2020

A person claiming or entitled to receive injury benefit or disablement benefit shall be disqualified for receiving the benefit for such period as the and disablement Manager may decide, but not exceeding six weeks– (a) in the case of injury benefit, if– (i) he behaves in a manner likely to retard his recovery; or (ii) he fails to answer any reasonable enquiries by an officer of the Board intended to ascertain such behaviour; or (iii) he is absent without good cause from his place of residence without leaving word where he may be found; or Social Security 95 (iv) performs remunerative work; (b) in the case of injury benefit or disablement benefit if– (i) he fails without good cause to comply with a notice by the Manager requiring him to attend for and submit himself to medical examination; or (ii) he refuses without good cause medical treatment which the Manager, on the advice of a medical practitioner or a medical board, considers appropriate for the injury or loss of faculty; or (iii) he refuses without good cause to avail himself of rehabilitation treatment or training offered by the Board.
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