16.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this article, every claimant for, and every beneficiary in receipt of, an allowance shall comply with every notice given to him by the Secretary of State which requires him to submit himself to a medical examination by a [F1medical practitioner].
(2) Every notice given to a claimant or beneficiary requiring him to submit himself to medical examination shall be given in writing and shall specify the time and place of examination but shall not require the claimant or beneficiary to submit himself to examination—
(a)in the case of examination by a [F2medical practitioner], before the expiration of the period of 6 days beginning with the date of the notice or such shorter period as may be reasonable in the circumstances;
(b)in any other case, on a date earlier than the third day after the date on which the notice was sent.
(3) Every claimant and every beneficiary who, in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this article, is required to submit himself to a medical examination shall attend at every such place and at every such time as may be required.
F3(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 16(1) substituted (5.7.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1958), art. 1, Sch. 7 para. 7(a)
F2Words in art. 16(2)(a) substituted (5.7.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1958), art. 1, Sch. 7 para. 7(b)
F3Art. 16(4) omitted (5.7.1999) by virtue of The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1958), art. 1, Sch. 7 para. 7(c)