# The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 8, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999, Paragraph 4


In regulation 9 (re-employment of pneumoconiotics and special provisions for benefit (workmen’s compensation cases))—
(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “special medical board or a specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner" there shall be substituted the words “ medical practitioner ”;
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(a) A medical practitioner shall provide a report to the Secretary of State to enable him to determine at what degree the extent of disablement resulting from pneumoconiosis should be assessed in his case.”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “a specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner, a special medical board or a medical appeal tribunal" there shall be substituted the words “ the Secretary of State or an appeal tribunal ”;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “to the extent certified in the decision of the specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner, the special medical board or medical appeal tribunal given under sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph" there shall be substituted the words “ to the extent decided by the Secretary of State or an appeal tribunal ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1958/schedule/8/paragraph/4 (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-4
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