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This looks like Regulation 6 of the Incapacity for Work Regulations. They say that if the own occ test applies, then the evidence needed must be compliant with the the Medical Evidence Regulations (Med 3, basically). The Reg says very clearly that where the question falls under the PCA then the IB50 may be sent out, unless there's enough evidence of incapacity without it. I can see nothing in the commentary to that Reg in Bonner to suggest that it can be used in own occ cases, and no case-law.
I have come across a very small number of cases in which somebody -usually self-employed and thus not in SSP - was medically examined for the OOT, I think using the PCA report but with the conclusions and issues definitley decided on "own occupation" lines - I think 2 cases in my career. The Regs do allow people to be summoned for a medical whatever the basis of their claim for benefits, not defined by ref to the PCA..
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