Procedure on making claims
34.—(1) Every claim for compensation under these regulations and every request for review of an award of long-term or retirement compensation shall be made in accordance with this regulation.
(2) Every such claim and request shall be made to the Secretary of State in writing and shall state whether any other claim for compensation has been made by the claimant under these regulations.
(3) Resettlement compensation shall be claimed separately from any other form of compensation claimable under these regulations.
(4) The Secretary of State shall consider any such claim or request in accordance with the relevant provisions of these regulations and shall notify the person making the claim or request in writing of his decision—
(a)in the case of a claim for resettlement compensation, not later than one month after the receipt of the claim and
(b)in the case of a claim for, or request for the review of an award of compensation under Part IV or V of these regulations, not later than thirteen weeks after the receipt of the claim or request, and
(c)in any other case, as soon as possible after the decision;
but the decision of the Secretary of State shall not be invalidated by reason of the fact that notice of the decision is given after the expiry of the period mentioned in this paragraph.
(5) Every notification of a decision by the Secretary of State (whether granting or refusing compensation or reviewing an award, or otherwise affecting any compensation under these regulations) shall contain a statement—
(a)giving reasons for the decision;
(b)showing how any compensation has been calculated and, in particular, if the amount is less than the maximum which could have been awarded under these regulations, showing the factors taken into account, in awarding that amount;
and
(c)directing the attention of the claimant to his right under regulation 42, if he is aggrieved by the decision to institute proceedings before a tribunal and giving him the address to which the application instituting such proceedings should be sent.