# The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations 2015, Schedule 2: List of prescribed medical certificates Extent: E+W 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 1865 Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917 Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939 Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 Social Security Act 1998 . . . . . . 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 on non-availability to take up employment owing to sickness Reserve Forces (Safeguard 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 1985 8 To support applications for certificates conferring exemption from charges in respect of drugs, medicines and appliances National Health Service Act 2006 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 1992 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1862/schedule/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-general-medical-services-contracts-regulations-2015/schedule-2 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.