{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-first-tier-tribunal-war-pensions-and-armed-forces-compensation-chamber-rules-2008/article-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-first-tier-tribunal-war-pensions-and-armed-forces-compensation-chamber-rules-2008/article-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2686",
  "legislation_title": "The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-first-tier-tribunal-war-pensions-and-armed-forces-compensation-chamber-rules-2008",
  "path": "article/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Medical examinations and commissioning of medical evidence etc.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) If a medical or other technical question arises in a case the Tribunal may—\n(a) request a medical or other technical specialist to provide a report in relation to the question; and\n(b) if the question is a medical one, arrange for the appellant to be examined for the purposes of the preparation of such a report.\n(4) Subject to rule 14(2) (withholding documents or information likely to cause harm) the Tribunal must provide to each party a copy of any report obtained under this rule.\n(5) If the Tribunal ... requests a report under paragraph (3) the Tribunal may pay a fee to the medical or other technical specialist.\n(6) Any fee paid under paragraph (5) must not exceed the maximum fee determined by the Lord Chancellor from time to time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 24(1) omitted (6.4.2023) by virtue of The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/327), rules 1, 4(6)(a) (with rule 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 24(2) omitted (6.4.2023) by virtue of The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/327), rules 1, 4(6)(a) (with rule 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 24(5) omitted (6.4.2023) by virtue of The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/327), rules 1, 4(6)(b) (with rule 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2686/article/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:23:28.420299+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."
}