Medical boards and medical referees

(1) Medical boards shall be appointed by the Board and shall consist of two or more medical practitioners of whom one may be appointed to be the chairman (2) Members of a medical board shall hold office for such period or shall consider such case or cases as the Board may direct; provided that the Board may terminate the appointment of any member at any time and without stating any reason for so doing. (3) A medical board shall not decide on any question referred to them for advice or determination for the purposes of the Act if– (a) any member thereof is unable to be present at the consideration of any question; or (b) the board is unable to do so by a decision of a majority of its members. (4) In any case in which by reason of the circumstances specified in paragraph (3) a medical board is unable to reach a decision in any case referred to them they shall immediately notify the Board and upon such notice the reference to that 174 Social Security medical board shall be deemed to have been revoked, and the case shall forthwith be referred by the Board to another Provided that– (a) in a case to which sub–paragraph (b) of paragraph (3) of this Regulation relates, the reference shall be to a medical board consisting of three members, whose decision shall be that of the majority of such members; (b) a member of a medical board referred to in paragraph (3) shall not be debarred from being a member of the other medical board to which the case is referred under this paragraph. (5) A medical referee shall be appointed by the Board and shall hold office for such period or shall consider such cases as the Board may direct. (6) The decision of a medical board or medical (a) shall be in writing and in such form as the Board may from time to time require; (b) shall include a statement of the findings of the board or referee material to the decision; (c) in the case of a medical board, if not unanimous, shall be by simple majority; (d) shall be sent to the Manager as soon as practicable after the consideration of the case. Social Security 175