# The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999, Paragraph 12


In regulation 27 (further claims in respect of occupational deafness)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(b) and (c) for the words “an adjudicating medical authority" there shall be substituted the words “ the Secretary of State or an appeal tribunal ”;
(b)for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(2) A claim to be paid benefit by virtue of paragraph (1)(c) may be disallowed by the Secretary of State, an appeal tribunal or a Commissioner (“the determining authority") without reference to a medical practitioner where the determining authority is satisfied by medical evidence that the claimant is not suffering from occupational deafness.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1958/schedule/8/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998-commencement-no-8-and-savings-and-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-1999/schedule-8/paragraph-12
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