The Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Regulations 1992

Amendment of the Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1985

6.—(1) The Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1985(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) Paragraph (3) of regulation 1 (interpretation of “statement”) is revoked.

(3) For paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (medical information) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(1) Medical information required under section 17(2) of the 1982 Act relating to incapacity for work shall be provided either—

(a) in the form of a statement given by a doctor in accordance with the rules set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations on the form set out in Part II of that Schedule; or

(b) where the doctor—

(i) has not given a statement under sub-paragraph (a)

of this paragraph since the patient was examined and wishes to give such a statement but more than one day has passed since the examination; or

(ii) advises that the patient should refrain from work on the basis of a written report from another doctor, set out in Part I of Schedule 1A to these Regulations on the form set out in Part II of that Schedule; or

(c) by such other means as may be sufficient in the circumstances of any particular case.”.

(4) The heading to the Schedule shall be amended by adding a referenceto “1” after the word Schedule.

(5) After Schedule 1 there shall be inserted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1985/1604.