(1)Subject to any exceptions or conditions prescribed by regulations of the Department of Health and Social Services, that Department shall at the request of any person claiming benefit from a registered trade union or branch of a registered trade union provide the trade union or branch for the purposes of the claim with a copy or abstract of any doctor's statement relating to that person and supplied by him to that Department for purposes of the enactments relating to social security.
(2)Where the Department of Health and Social Services furnishes a registered trade union or branch of a registered trade union, in connection with a claim for benefit from the trade union or branch, with information relating to a claim or award under those enactments, the expenses incurred in connection therewith by that Department or any other government department shall be treated as expenses in carrying those enactments into effect.
(3)Regulations made under sub-section (1) shall be subject to negative resolution.]
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