{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-medical-evidence-regulations-1976/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1976/615",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-medical-evidence-regulations-1976",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where a healthcare professional issues a statement to a patient in accordance with an obligation arising under a contract, agreement or arrangement under Part 4 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or Part 4 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 or Part 1 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 the healthcare professional’s statement shall be in a form set out at Part 2 or Part 2A of this Schedule....",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 substituted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/137), regs. 1(2), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 2 substituted (1.7.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/630), regs. 1(2), 2(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 2 substituted (1.7.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/630), regs. 1(2), 2(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 2 inserted (6.4.2022) by The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/298), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 rule 2 omitted (6.4.2022) by virtue of The Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/298), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/615/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:26:13.682837+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}