Regulation 17 Amendment of regulation 1

Regulation 1(2) (interpretation) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

After the definition of “the Claims and Payments Regulations” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““adjudicating medical authority” means, as the case may be, an adjudicating medical practitioner, a specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner, a medical board or a special medical board;”.

After the definition of “special medical board” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner” means a specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner appointed by virtue of section 62 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f1;”.