Part IDecisions and Appeals
Chapter IISocial Security Decisions and Appeals
Medical examinations
20Medical examination required by appeal tribunal
(1)
This section applies where an appeal has been brought under section 12 above against a decision on a claim for a relevant benefit, or as to a person’s entitlement to such a benefit F1....
(2)
F2The First-tier Tribunal may, if conditions prescribed by Tribunal Procedure Rules are satisfied, refer the person—
(a)
in respect of whom the claim is made; or
(b)
whose entitlement is at issue,
to a F3health care professional approved by the Secretary of State for such examination and report as appears to F4the First-tier Tribunal to be necessary for the purpose of providing F5it with information for use in determining the appeal.
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F7(2A)
The power under subsection (2) to refer a person to a health care professional approved by the Secretary of State includes power to specify the description of health care professional to whom the person is to be referred.
(3)
At a hearing before F8the First-tier Tribunal, except in cases or circumstances prescribed by Tribunal Procedure Rules, the tribunal—
(a)
may not carry out a physical examination of the person mentioned in subsection (2) above; 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.