The Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976

Regulation 2(3)

SCHEDULE 2

PART I RULES

1.  In these rules “ claimant” means the woman in respect of whom a certificate is given in accordance with these rules.

2.  Certificates of expected confinement or confinement shall be given by a doctor or certified midwife attending the claimant and shall not be given by the claimant.

3.  The certificate shall be on a form provided by the Secretary of State for the purpose and the wording shall be that set out in the appropriate form in Part II of this Schedule.

4.  Every certificate of expected confinement or confinement shall be completed in ink or other indelible substance and shall contain the following particulars:—

(a) the claimant's name;

(b) in the case of a certificate of expected confinement, the week in which it is to be expected that the claimant will be confined and the date of the examination on which the certificate is based;

(c) in the case of a certificate of confinement, the date and place of the confinement, and the date of the examination on which the certificate is based;

(d) the date on which the certificate is given;

(e) where the certificate is signed by a midwife, either the registered number of the midwife or her address and the date of her qualification;

and shall bear, opposite the word “Signature”, the signature of the person giving the certificate written after there have been entered on the certificate the claimant's name and the expected date or, as the case may be, the date of the confinement.

5.  After a certificate has been given, no further certificate based on the same examination shall be furnished other than a certificate by way of replacement of an original which has been lost or mislaid, in which case it shall be clearly marked “duplicate”.

PART II FORMS OF CERTIFICATE

CERTIFICATE OF EXPECTED CONFINEMENT