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Paragraph 13 F1

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Where—

(a)

the patient has been advised by a F2healthcare professional that they are not fit for work and, in consequence, has refrained from work for at least 6 months immediately preceding the date of the assessment on which the F3healthcare professional’s statement is based; and

(b)

in the healthcare professional’s opinion, the patient will not be fit for work for the foreseeable future,

instead of specifying a period, the healthcare professional may, having regard to the circumstances of the particular case, enter, after the words “case for”, the words “an indefinite period”.

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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 13 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(17)(a)

F3

Words in Sch. 1 rule 13 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(17)(b)