# General Medical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Schedule 9: List of Medical Certificates Extent: N.I. Status: prospective Column 1 Column 2 Description of Medical Certificate Short title of enactment under or for purpose of which certificate required 1 To support a claim or to obtain payment either personally or by proxy; to prove inability to work or incapacity for self-support for the purposes of an award by the Department; or to enable proxy to draw pensions etc. Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865 Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917 Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939 Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939 Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Act 1942 Polish Resettlement Act 1947 Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 2 To establish pregnancy for the purpose of obtaining welfare foods. Article 13 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 3 To establish fitness to receive inhalational analgesia in childbirth. Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 4 To secure the registration of still-births. Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 5 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. Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 6 To establish unfitness for jury service. Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 7 To support late application for reinstatement in civil employment or notification of non-availability to take up employment, owing to sickness. Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 Reserve Forces Act 1980 Reserve Forces Act 1996 8 To enable a person to be registered as an absent voter on grounds of physical incapacity. Representation of the People Act 1985 Northern Ireland Assembly Elections Order 1982 The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 9 To support application for certificates conferring exemption from charges in respect of drugs, medicines and appliances. Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/380/schedule/9 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-services-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/schedule-9 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.