Sorry Pete, I have to disagree with you on both counts.
Someone who satisfies reg 29(2) does not automatically satisfy reg 35, and so go into the support group. Reg 29(2) refers to there being a substantial risk to the mental or physical health of any person if the claimant were found not to have a limited capabilty for work, reg 35(2) applies where the risk can be shown if the person is found not to have limited capability for work related activity. "Work" and "work related activity" are not one and the same
On the second point, I would have to say it isn't the same. Yes, they do not have to call someone for a medical, but once they do, a person must not only attend but also submit to a medical, and a failure to do so without good cause will incur the sanction of being treated as not having a limited capability for work, whatever happened before.
Reg 29(1), in conjunction with reg 19, seems fairly clear on what is an assessment
You can have a situation where someone is treated as having limited capability for work under reg 29, then is called for another medical. Notwithstanding the fact that s/he was already treated as having a limited capability for work, s/he will be treated as not having limited capability for work under reg 23.
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