Application of the principal Act and principal regulations in relation to vehicle scheme beneficiaries
6. In relation to a person in respect of whom a certificate is in force—
(a)section 37A of the principal Act shall have effect as though in sub-section (5) the words “or over pensionable age” were omitted; and
(b)the principal regulations shall have effect as though—
(i)regulation 2(1)(c) and (d) were omitted; and
(ii)in regulation 14 after paragraph (1)(b) there were inserted—
“or
(c)the issue of a certificate under the Mobility Allowance (Vehicle Scheme Beneficiaries) Regulations 1977.”;
and
(iii)in regulation 20 after paragraph (3) there were added—
“(4) Where the grounds of an application under paragraph (2) are that a certificate issued for the purposes of section 13 of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 has been cancelled, the insurance officer may himself determine any medical question arising on review adversely to the person in question without referring it to a medical board and the provisions of regulation 15(3) and 16 to 19 shall apply to such determination as though it were a determination under regulation 15(2)(b).”.