Paragraph 12 F1
The period specified shall begin on the date of the assessment on which the F2healthcare professional’s statement is based and shall not exceed 3 months unless the patient has, on the advice of a F3healthcare professional, refrained from work for at least 6 months immediately preceding that date.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
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), 3(4)
- F2
Words in Sch. 1 rule 12 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), 3(16)(a)
- F3
Words in Sch. 1 rule 12 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), 3(16)(b)