# Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, Paragraph 23


(1) Section 171A (test of incapacity for work) is amended as follows.
(2) After subsection (2) insert—
“(2A) In subsection (2)(a) above the reference to such information or evidence as is there mentioned includes information or evidence capable of being used for assisting or encouraging the person in question to obtain work or enhance his prospects of obtaining it.”
(3) In subsection (3) (requirement to have medical examination), for “a question arises as to” substitute “ it falls to be determined ”.
(4) After subsection (4) add—
“(5) All information supplied in pursuance of this section shall be taken for all purposes to be information relating to social security.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/30/schedule/8/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999/schedule-8/paragraph-23
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