{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-19.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1998/1506",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Medical examination required by the Department",
  "text": "(1) Before making a decision on a claim for a relevant benefit, or as to a person's entitlement to such a benefit. . . , the Department may refer the person—\n(a) in respect of whom the claim is made; or\n(b) whose entitlement is at issue,\nto a health care professional approved by the Department for such examination and report as appears to the Department to be necessary for the purpose of providing it with information for use in making the decision.\n(2) Paragraph (3) applies where—\n(a) the Department has exercised the power conferred on it by paragraph (1); and\n(b) the health care professional approved by the Department requests the person referred to him to attend for or submit himself to medical examination.\n(3) If the person fails without good cause to comply with the request, the Department shall make the decision against him.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "mod. by SR 1999/349, 350"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "mod. by SR 1999/246"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "prosp. in pt. certain functions transf. by 2002 c. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "SI 1999/671"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 19(1) substituted (29.6.2007) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 55(3), 60(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 19(2)(b) substituted (29.6.2007) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 55(3), 60(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/1506/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:59.445846+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."
}