Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
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Change 1
As published
52 Claims relating to attendance allowance, disability living allowance and disability working allowance.
(1) Before a claim for an attendance allowance, a disability living allowance or a disability working allowance or any question relating to such an allowance is submitted to an adjudication officer under section 18 above the Department may refer the person in respect of whom the claim is made or the question is raised to a medical practitioner for such examination and report as appears to the Department to be necessary—
(a) for the purpose of providing the adjudication officer with information for use in determining the claim or question; or
(b) for the purpose of general monitoring of claims for attendance allowances, disability living allowances and disability working allowances.
(2) An adjudication officer may refer—
(a) a person in respect of whom such a claim is made or such a question is raised;
(b) a person in respect of whom an application for a review under section 28 or 33 above has been made or is treated as having been made,,
to a medical practitioner for such examination and report as appears to the adjudication officer to be needed to enable him to reach a decision on the claim or question or the matter under review.
(3) The Department may direct adjudication officers to refer for advice to a medical practitioner who is an officer of the Department any case falling within a specified class of cases relating to attendance allowance or disability living allowance, and an adjudication officer may refer for advice any case relating to attendance allowance or disability living allowance to such a medical practitioner without such a direction.
(4) An adjudication officer may refer for advice any case relating to disability working allowance to such a medical practitioner.
(5) A medical practitioner who is an officer of the Department and to whom a case or question relating to an attendance allowance or a disability living allowance is referred under section 51 above or subsection (3) above may refer the case or question to the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board for advice.
(6) Such a medical practitioner may obtain information about such a case or question from another medical practitioner.
(7) A medical practitioner who is an officer of the Department and to whom a question relating to disability working allowance is referred under section 51 above may obtain information about it from another medical practitioner.
(7A) Any reference in subsections (3) to (7) above to a medical practitioner who is an officer of the Department includes a reference to a medical practitioner who is provided by any person in pursuance of a contract entered into with the Department.
(8) Where—
(a) the Department has exercised the power conferred on it by subsection (1) above or an adjudication officer has exercised the power conferred on him by subsection (2) above; and
(b) the medical practitioner requests the person referred to him to attend for or submit himself to medical examination; but
(c) he fails without good cause to do so,
the adjudication officer shall decide the claim or question or matter under review against him.
Your change, as a redline
52 Claims relating to attendance allowance, disability living allowance and disability working allowance.
(1) Before a claim for an attendance allowance, a disability living allowance or a disability working allowance or any question relating to such an allowance is submitted to an adjudication officer under section 18 above the Department may refer the person in respect of whom the claim is made or the question is raised to a medical practitioner for such examination and report as appears to the Department to be necessary—
(a) for the purpose of providing the adjudication officer with information for use in determining the claim or question; or
(b) for the purpose of general monitoring of claims for attendance allowances, disability living allowances and disability working allowances.
(2) An adjudication officer may refer—
(a) a person in respect of whom such a claim is made or such a question is raised;
(b) a person in respect of whom an application for a review under section 28 or 33 above has been made or is treated as having been made,,
to a medical practitioner for such examination and report as appears to the adjudication officer to be needed to enable him to reach a decision on the claim or question or the matter under review.
(3) The Department may direct adjudication officers to refer for advice to a medical practitioner who is an officer of the Department any case falling within a specified class of cases relating to attendance allowance or disability living allowance, and an adjudication officer may refer for advice any case relating to attendance allowance or disability living allowance to such a medical practitioner without such a direction.
(4) An adjudication officer may refer for advice any case relating to disability working allowance to such a medical practitioner.
(5) A medical practitioner who is an officer of the Department and to whom a case or question relating to an attendance allowance or a disability living allowance is referred under section 51 above or subsection (3) above may refer the case or question to the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board for advice.
(6) Such a medical practitioner may obtain information about such a case or question from another medical practitioner.
(7) A medical practitioner who is an officer of the Department and to whom a question relating to disability working allowance is referred under section 51 above may obtain information about it from another medical practitioner.
(7A) Any reference in subsections (3) to (7) above to a medical practitioner who is an officer of the Department includes a reference to a medical practitioner who is provided by any person in pursuance of a contract entered into with the Department.
(8) Where—
(a) the Department has exercised the power conferred on it by subsection (1) above or an adjudication officer has exercised the power conferred on him by subsection (2) above; and
(b) the medical practitioner requests the person referred to him to attend for or submit himself to medical examination; but
(c) he fails without good cause to do so,
the adjudication officer shall decide the claim or question or matter under review against him.
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