The Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976

[F14.  Every maternity certificate shall be completed in ink or other indelible substance and shall contain the following particulars—

(a)the woman’s name;

(b)the week in which the woman is expected to be confined or, if the maternity certificate is given after confinement, the date of that confinement and the date the confinement was expected to take place where this is later than the actual confinement;

(c)the date of the examination on which the maternity certificate is based;

(d)the date on which the maternity certificate is signed; and

(e)the address of the doctor or where the maternity certificate is signed by a midwife either her registered number or address,

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

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