Medical certificates

(1) Where, in accordance with any Regulation, a claim is required to be supported by a medical certificate such certificate shall conform with such requirements as may be prescribed or approved by the Board and– (a) shall include– (i) in the case of incapacity for work or invalidity, the condition causing such incapacity or invalidity; (ii) the date of the medical examination; and (iii) the signature of the practitioner with his name and address printed thereunder; (b) shall be furnished in respect of such periods and at such intervals as the Manager may require for the purpose of determining entitlement to benefit and the continuance thereof. (2) The Manager may147 (a) in his discretion reject any medical certificate which does not conform to paragraph (1) and suspend proceedings for the determination of the claim; (b) in any particular case or class of cases, having regard to special circumstances, accept in lieu of a medical certificate such other evidence as he may deem appropriate.