Subject to articles 98 and 101 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 312 of 1996), for the purpose of determining whether a prescribed disease is, or, in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 4 of these Regulations is presumed to be, due to the nature of the person's insurable (occupational injuries) employment, that person shall be regarded as not being or as not having been in insurable (occupational injuries) employment during any period for which he or she is or was outside the State, and accordingly occupational injuries benefit shall not be payable in respect of a prescribed disease which is due to the nature of employment in an occupation in which the insured person has been engaged only outside the State.