Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015
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Definition of medical assessor and consequential amendments | ||
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3. (1) Section 2(1) of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following definitions: | ||
“ ‘employment agency’ has the same meaning as it has in the Employment Agency Act 1971 ; | ||
‘medical assessor’ means— | ||
(a) an officer of the Minister who is a registered medical practitioner, or | ||
(b) such other person who is a registered medical practitioner— | ||
(i) engaged by the Minister under a contract for services or otherwise, or | ||
(ii) employed by an employment agency under a contract of employment (within the meaning of the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012 ), | ||
to provide medical services to the Minister;”. | ||
(2) The Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in section 46(1)(b)(iv) (amended by section 5 of the Act of 2007), by the substitution of “an officer of the Minister or a medical assessor” for “an officer of the Minister”, | ||
(b) in section 46D(1)(a)(iii) (inserted by section 12 of the Act of 2010), by the substitution of “an officer of the Minister or a medical assessor” for “an officer of the Minister”, | ||
(c) in section 91(1)(d)(iii) (amended by section 11 of the Act of 2007), by the substitution of “an officer of the Minister or a medical assessor” for “an officer of the Minister”, | ||
(d) in section 118(3)(d) (amended by section 16 of the Act of 2007), by the substitution of “an officer of the Minister or a medical assessor” for “an officer of the Minister”, | ||
(e) in section 186B, by the deletion of the definition of “medical assessor” (inserted by section 26 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 ), | ||
(f) in section 186C (amended by section 26 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 ), by the deletion of subsections (2) and (3), and | ||
(g) in section 212(1)(d) (amended by section 26 of the Act of 2007), by the substitution of “an officer of the Minister or a medical assessor” for “an officer of the Minister”. | ||
(3) In subsection (2) “Act of 2007” means the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 . |