{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-payments-regulations-2020/regulation-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-payments-regulations-2020/regulation-37.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/103",
  "legislation_title": "The Victims' Payments Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-payments-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/37",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Medical assessment on appeal",
  "text": "(1) The appeal panel may, for the purpose of determining the appeal, require that the appellant is assessed by a health care professional.\n(2) Following a requirement under paragraph (1), the health care professional must—\n(a) assess the degree of relevant disablement, and\n(b) make a report to the Board—\n(i) specifying the assessed degree of relevant disablement, and\n(ii) reporting the reason for the assessment.\n(3) In its application in the case of an assessment carried out under paragraph (2), regulation 18 has effect as if the references to the applicant were to the appellant.\n(4) The appeal panel may, if it considers it appropriate, direct that the assessment under paragraph (2) is carried out, or not carried out, by a particular health care professional.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 37 in force at 29.5.2020, see reg. 1(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/103/regulation/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:05.178186+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."
}