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The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010
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These Regulations amend the Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976 (“the 1976 Regulations”) and the Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 (“the 1985 Regulations”).
Regulation 2 amends the 1976 Regulations by substituting Schedule 1, omitting Schedules 1A and 1B and making consequential amendments. Part I of the substituted Schedule contains new rules concerning the completion of a doctor’s statement and Part II prescribes the form of the doctor’s statement to which those rules relate. The doctor’s statement will help a person claim certain health-related social security benefits such as Employment and Support Allowance.
Regulation 3 amends the 1985 Regulations by substituting Schedule 1, omitting Schedule 2 and making consequential amendments. Part I of the substituted Schedule contains new rules concerning the completion of a doctor’s statement and Part II prescribes the form of the doctor’s statement to which those rules relate. The doctor’s statement will help employees claim Statutory Sick Pay.
Regulation 4 makes consequential revocations.
These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.
An assessment of the costs to business of these Regulations is detailed in a Regulatory Impact Assessment, copies of which have been laid in the Business Office and the Library of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Copies of the Assessment are available from the Department for Social Development, Social Security Policy and Legislation Division, Level 1, James House, 2-4 Cromac Avenue, Gasworks Business Park, Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 2JA or from the website: http//www.dsdni.gov.uk/ssani-reports-plans.htm.
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