Restrictions on recovery of cost of medical reports
47 Restrictions on recovery of cost of medical reports
A party to proceedings on a claim is not entitled to be paid for or recover the cost of a medical report in connection with the claim unless—
the report has been admitted into those proceedings on behalf of the party, or
the report has been disclosed to a medical assessor.
A party to a claim where no proceedings have been taken is not entitled to be paid for or recover the cost of a medical report in connection with the claim unless the report has been served on another party, and—
the report would be admissible in proceedings on behalf of the party, or
the report could be disclosed to a medical assessor.
In this clause—
a reference to a claim includes a reference to an initial notification of injury (as defined in Part 3 of Chapter 7 of the 1998 Act), and
a reference to proceedings on a claim includes a reference to proceedings in respect of the payment of provisional weekly payments of compensation under the 1998 Act.
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