{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-1985/schedule-1/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-1985/schedule-1/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1985/1604",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-1985",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where—\n(a) the patient has been advised by a healthcare 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 healthcare professional’s statement is based; and\n(b) in the healthcare professional’s opinion, the patient will not be fit for work for the foreseeable future,\ninstead 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”.",
  "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), 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1604/schedule/1/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:01:11.940000+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."
}