SCHEDULE 2List of prescribed medical certificates
Description of medical certificate | Enactment under or for the purposes of which the certificate is required |
|---|---|
1.To support a claim or to obtain a payment either personally or by proxy; to prove incapacity to work or for self-support for the purposes of an award by the Secretary of State; or to enable proxy to draw pensions etc. | Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865147 Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917148 Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939149 Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939150 Social Security Administration Act 1992151 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992152 Social Security Act 1998153 |
2.To establish pregnancy for the purpose of obtaining welfare foods | Section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988154 (Benefits under schemes for improving nutrition: pregnant women, mothers and children) |
3.To secure registration of still-birth | Section 11 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953155 (special provision as to registration of still-birth) |
4.To enable payment to be made to an institution or other person in case of mental disorder of persons entitled to payment from public funds | Section 142 of the Mental Health Act 1983156 (pay, pensions etc. of mentally disordered persons) |
5.To establish unfitness for jury service | Juries Act 1974157 |
6.To support late application for reinstatement in civil employment or notification on non-availability to take up employment owing to sickness | Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985158 |
7.To enable a person to be registered as an absent voter on grounds of physical incapacity | Representation of the People Act 1985159 |
8.To support applications for certificates conferring exemption from charges in respect of drugs, medicines and appliances | National Health Service Act 2006160 |
9.To support a claim by or on behalf of a severely mentally impaired person for exemption from liability to pay the Council Tax or eligibility for a discount in respect of the amount of Council Tax payable | Local Government and Finance Act 1992161 |