The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 1999

The Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976

5.  The Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976(1) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 1(2) for the definition of “the all work test” there shall be substituted the following—

““personal capability assessment” means the assessment provided for in section 171C of the Contributions and Benefits Act(2);”;

(b) in regulation 2(2) and in Part II of Schedule 1B for the words “all work test” wherever they appear there shall be substituted “personal capability assessment”; and

(c) in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Part I of Schedule 1B for the words “all work test statement” wherever they appear there shall be substituted “personal capability assessment statement”.

(1)

S.I. 1976/615. Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 1994/2975 and 1995/987.

(2)

1992 c. 4. Section 171C was inserted by section 5 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18) and amended by section 61 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30).