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20 .F1—F2(1) This Article applies where an appeal has been brought under Article 13 against a decision on a claim for a relevant benefit, or as to a person's entitlement to such a benefitF3. . . .
(2) An eligible person may, if prescribed conditions are satisfied, refer the person—
(a)in respect of whom the claim is made; or
(b)whose entitlement is at issue,
to a [F4health care professional approved by the Department] for such examination and report as appears to the eligible person to be necessary for the purpose of providing an appeal tribunal with information for use in determining the appeal.
In this paragraph “eligible person” means a person who is eligible to be appointed as the sole member of an appeal tribunal, or to be nominated as the chairman of such a tribunal.
[F5(2A) The power under paragraph (2) to refer a person to a health care professional approved by the Department includes power to specify the description of health care professional to whom the person is to be referred.]
(3) At a hearing before an appeal tribunal, except in prescribed cases or circumstances, the tribunal—
(a)may not carry out a physical examination of the person mentioned in paragraph (2); and
(b)may not require that person to undergo any physical test for the purpose of determining whether he satisfies the condition mentioned in section 73(1)(a) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.
F1mod. by SR 1999/349, 350
F2prosp. in pt. certain functions transf. by 2002 c. 21
F3SI 1999/671
F4Words in art. 20(2) substituted (29.6.2007) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 55(4), 60(2)(a)
F5Art. 20(2A) inserted (29.6.2007) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 55(5), 60(2)(a)
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