Regulation 46 Procedure on receipt of medical reportI1

If a diagnosis or recrudescence question has been referred as provided by regulation 45(1), the adjudication officer shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (4), proceed with the consideration of that question as soon as possible after he has received the report of the medical practitioner or practitioners to whom it was so referred.

If the question so referred was a diagnosis question, then, subject to regulation 47(1), the adjudication officer may himself determine the question or refer it to an adjudicating medical authority for decision.

If the question so referred was a recrudescence question, then, subject to regulation 47, the adjudication officer—

Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, the provisions of sections 22, 25 to 29, 37 and 69 of the Administration Act shall apply as if a diagnosis or recrudescence question were a question such as is referred to in section 37(1) of that Act and as if references in those sections to the determination of, or to the review of the decision of, such a question included references to the determination of, or to the review of the decision of, a diagnosis or recrudescence question under these Regulations.