The Social Security (Recoupment) Regulations 1990,

Appeals E+W+S

11.—(1) Any appeal against a certificate of total benefit shall be in writing and shall be made by sending or delivering it to the Compensation Recovery Unit

(a) not later than 3 months after the date the compensator made the relevant payment; or

(b) where the certificate was reviewed by the Secretary of State in accordance with Regulation 13 not later than 3 months from the date the certificate is confirmed, or as the case may be, a fresh certificate issued.

(2) Any appeal under this regulation shall contain particulars of the grounds on which it is made.

(3) Where an earlier compensation payment has been made and subsequently one or more later payments are made to or in respect of the same victim in respect of the same accident, injury or disease (whether by the same or another compensator), the date referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is the date of the last of those later payments.

(4) The time for making an appeal may be extended for special reasons by the chairman of the tribunal to which the appeal is referred, even though the time limit may have already expired.

(5) Any application for an extension of time under paragraph (4) shall be made in writing and shall be determined by the chairman.

(6) An application under paragraph (4) for an extension of time which has been refused shall not be renewed.

(7) Where it appears to the chairman of the tribunal to whom the appeal was referred that the appeal gives insufficient particulars to enable the question at issue to be determined, he may require the person making the appeal to furnish such further particulars as may reasonably be required.