Social Security Act 2018 (Version 56)/Section 37

37Supported living payment: on ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness: medical examination

(1)The section applies to a person (P) who is an applicant for, or who is receiving, a supported living payment on the ground of restricted work capacity or total blindness.

(2)MSD may at any time require P to undergo an examination by a prescribed health practitioner.

(3)The prescribed health practitioner must be agreed for the purpose between P and MSD or, failing agreement, must be nominated by MSD.

(4)The prescribed health practitioner must prepare, and must send MSD a copy of, a report that indicates—

(a)whether P is (or whether there is doubt about whether P is)—

(i)permanently and severely restricted in P’s capacity for work; or

(ii)totally blind; and

(b)the grounds on which the opinion given in paragraph (a) is based.

(5)The report must, in the case of doubt referred to in subsection (4)(a), and may, in any other case, indicate a date for review of the permanency or severity, or both, of P’s health condition, injury, or disability.

Compare: 1964 No 136 s 40C