# The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999, Paragraph 2


In regulation 26 (obligations of claimants for, and beneficiaries in receipt of, disablement benefit)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a) for the words “medical authority" there shall be substituted the words “ medical practitioner who has experience in the issues specified in regulation 12(1) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 ”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) the words from “or by any" to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted;
(b) in paragraph (2) for the words from “to examination" to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words “ to examination before the expiration of the period of 6 days beginning with the date of the notice or such shorter period as may be reasonable in the circumstances ”; and
(c) paragraph (4) shall be omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1958/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998-commencement-no-8-and-savings-and-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-1999/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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