Article 24 Reports to a medical officerI1

Where, on or before 31st March 2004, a relevant medical practitioner had received a request for information or an inquiry from a medical officer (or an officer of the Department for Work and Pensions on his or her behalf or at his or her direction) under paragraph 48 of Schedule 2 to the 1992 Regulations^f1 but, on 31st March 2004, he or she had not yet responded to that request or inquiry, the succeeding contractor shall respond as if the request or inquiry had been made under—

In this article, “medical officer” means a medical practitioner who is—