Persons outside Belize

(1) Except as provided in the Voluntary Contributors and Persons Abroad Regulations and this Regulation, a person shall be disqualified for receiving benefit for any period during which he is absent from Belize–. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a person in receipt of– (a) retirement benefit, survivors’ benefit or (b) disablement benefit if the extent of disablement has been finally assessed under these Regulations; (c) injury benefit or disablement benefit where subparagraph (b) above does not apply if the Board is satisfied that such person is temporarily absent from Belize for the specific purpose of receiving treatment for the relevant injury or loss of faculty; (d) invalidity benefit for such period and in such circumstances as the Board may determine Social Security 107 having regard to the particular aspects of the case; (e) sickness benefit or maternity allowance if the Board is satisfied that the person concerned is temporarily absent from Belize for the specific purpose of receiving special treatment required as a result of incapacity or pregnancy, during such period as the Board may allow having regard to the particular circumstances of the case. (3) Payment of the benefit under paragraph (2) shall be subject to the provisions of the Claims and Payments Regulations and to any conditions which the Board may deem necessary to impose in any particular case or class of cases. (4) For the purpose of paragraph (2), the expression “in receipt of benefit” means that the person concerned is actually receiving the benefit before his departure from Belize or his entitlement to benefit has been determined before his departure: Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) in the case of– (i)– retirement benefit; or (ii)– survivors’ benefit or death benefit where such benefit is not claimed on the ground that the claimant is permanently incapable of self-support, if the Board is satisfied that the relevant conditions prescribed in these Regulations are met. (5) Benefit for which a person is eligible by virtue of this Regulation shall be paid in Belize to such other person 108 Social Security acting for and on behalf of the beneficiary as the Board may approve.