Regulation 5 New regulation to be inserted in Part V of the principal regulations

At the end of Part V of the principal regulations there shall be inserted the following new regulation—

““Non-disclosure of evidence available to the Board

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Where in connection with review of a determination under section 106 of the Act there is available to the Board medical advice or medical evidence relating to a disabled person (whether the claimant or not) that has not been disclosed to the claimant and, in the opinion of the Board, its disclosure would be harmful to his health, that advice or evidence shall not be required to be disclosed to him, but the Board shall not, by reason of such non-disclosure, be precluded from taking it into account for the purposes of their determination.”