SCHEDULE 3

LIST OF PRESCRIBED MEDICAL CERTIFICATES
Regulation 21
Description of medical certificate | Enactment under or for the purpose of which certificate required
1 To support a claim or to obtain payment either personally or by proxy; to prove incapacity to work or for self-support for the purposes of an award by the Secretary of State; or to enable proxy to draw pensions etc. | Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865 Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917 Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939 Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939 Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Act 1942 Polish Resettlement Act 1947 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Social Security Act 1998
2 To establish pregnancy for the purpose of obtaining welfare foods. | Section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988 (schemes for distribution etc. of welfare foods)
3 To secure registration of still-birth. | Section 21 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (special provision as to registration of still-birth)
4 To enable payment to be made to an institution or other person in case of mental disorder of persons entitled to payment from public funds. | Section 142 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (pay, pensions etc. of mentally disordered persons)
5 To establish unfitness for jury service. | Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 Court Of Session Act 1988
6 To support late application for reinstatement in civil employment or notification of non-availability to take up employment owing to sickness. | Reserve Forces (Safeguarding of Employment) Act 1985
7 To enable a person to be registered as an absent voter on grounds of physical incapacity. | Representation of the People Act 1983
8 To support applications for certificates conferring exemption from charges in respect of drugs, medicines and appliances. | National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
9 To support a claim by or on behalf of a severely mentally impaired person for exemption from liability to pay the Council Tax or eligibility for a discount in respect of the amount of Council Tax payable. | Local Government Finance Act 1992 , Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1)(b)
1865 c. 73.
1917 c. 51.
1939 c. 83.
1939 c. 82.
1942 c. 26.
1947 c. 19.
1992 c. 5.
1992 c. 4.
1998 c. 14.
1988 c. 7. Section 13 was amended by the Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), Schedule 5, paragraph 8(11)(a), and the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), Schedule 1, paragraph 94.
1965 c. 49. Section 21 was amended by the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 (c. 36), Schedule 6, paragraphs 12 and 13.
1983 c. 20. Section 142 was amended by S.I. 1999/1820.
1995 c. 46.
1988 c. 36.
1985 c. 17.
1983 c. 2.
1978 c. 29.
1992 c. 14.