# The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2004, Schedule 4: LIST OF PRESCRIBED MEDICAL CERTIFICATES


Description of medical certificate
Enactment under or for the purpose of which certificate required
1. To support a claim or to obtain 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 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 Administration Act 1992
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
Social Security Act 1998
2. To establish pregnancy for the purpose of obtaining welfare foods
Section 13 of the Social Security Act 1988 (schemes for distribution etc of welfare foods)
3. To secure registration of still-birth
Section 11 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (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 1983 (pay, pensions etc of mentally disordered persons)
5. To establish unfitness for jury service
Juries Act 1974
6. To support late application for reinstatement in civil employment or notification of non-availability to take up employment owing to sickness
Reserve Forces (Safeguarding of Employment) Act 1985
7. To enable a person to be registered as an absent voter on grounds of physical incapacity
Representation of the People Act 1983
8. To support applications for certificates conferring exemption from charges in respect of drugs, medicines and appliances
National Health Service Act 1977
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 Finance Act 1992

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/291/schedule/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2004/schedule-4
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