Part IIAdjudication

References to medical practitioners, the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board etc.

53Medical examination etc. in relation to appeals to disability appeal tribunals

1

Where an appeal has been brought under section 31 above, a person who may be nominated as chairman of a disability appeal tribunal may, if prescribed conditions are satisfied, refer the claimant to a medical practitioner for such examination and report as appears to him to be necessary for the purpose of providing a disability appeal tribunal with information for use in determining the appeal.

2

At a hearing before a disability appeal tribunal, except in prescribed circumstances, the tribunal —

a

may not carry out a physical examination of the claimant; and

b

may not require the claimant 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.