{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-1985/schedule-1/paragraph-5A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-regulations-1985/schedule-1/paragraph-5A.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/5A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where the healthcare professional’s statement is in the form set out in Part 2 of this Schedule—\n(a) the healthcare professional’s name shall, irrespective of their profession, be recorded next to the words “doctor’s signature”;\n(b) the healthcare professional’s address shall, irrespective of their profession, be recorded next to the words “doctor’s address”; and\n(c) the healthcare professional shall record their profession within the statement in such place as appears to them to be appropriate.",
  "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": "Sch. 1 rule 5A inserted (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(9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1604/schedule/1/paragraph/5A",
    "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."
}