Subject to any exceptions or conditions prescribed by regulations of the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, that Minister shall at the request of any person claiming benefit from a registered friendly society or branch provide the society or branch for the purposes of the claim with a copy or abstract of any medical certificate relating to that person and supplied by him to the Minister for purposes of the Insurance Acts.

Where the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance furnishes a registered friendly society or branch, in connection with a claim for benefit from the society or branch, with information relating to a claim or award under the Insurance Acts, the expenses incurred in connection therewith by the Minister or any other Government department shall be treated as expenses in carrying into effect either the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, 1946, or the National Insurance Act, 1946, as the Minister thinks appropriate, and shall be dealt with accordingly under section sixty of the first-mentioned Act or section thirty-eight of the second-mentioned Act (which sections provide for the payment of such expenses out of moneys provided by Parliament subject to reimbursement to the Treasury out of the Industrial Injuries Fund or the National Insurance Fund, as the case may be).

This section shall apply to a registered trade union or branch of a registered trade union as it applies to a registered friendly society or branch.

The power of the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment by resolution of either House of Parliament.

In this section, " the Insurance Acts " means the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts, 1946 to 1954, and the National Insurance Acts, 1946 to 1955.