Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997

18Medical examinations of persons awarded certain benefits

After section 57 of the [1992 c. 5.] Social Security Administration Act 1992 insert—

Medical examinations

57AMedical examinations of persons awarded attendance allowance or disability living allowance

Regulations may make provision—

(a)enabling the Secretary of State to require a person to whom attendance allowance or disability living allowance has been awarded to submit to medical examination in prescribed circumstances;

(b)for withholding payments of benefit in prescribed circumstances where a person has failed to submit himself to a medical examination to which he has been required to submit in accordance with regulations under paragraph (a) above; and

(c)for the subsequent making in prescribed circumstances of payments withheld in accordance with regulations under paragraph (b) above.