The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014

Time limit for making an application

9.—(1) The application by a person applying on the basis that they are eligible under section 2 of the Act (eligible people with diffuse mesothelioma) must be sent so that it is received by the scheme administrator—

(a) before the end of the day that is 3 years after the date on which the applicant was first diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma; or

(b) if the applicant was diagnosed with diffuse mesothelioma on or after 25th July 2012 but before these Regulations came into force, before the end of the day that is 3 years after the day on which these Regulations came into force.

(2) The application by a person applying on the basis that they are eligible under section 3 of the Act (eligible dependants) must be sent so that it is received by the scheme administrator—

(a) before the end of the day that is 3 years after the date on which the person with diffuse mesothelioma was first diagnosed with the disease; or

(b) if the person with diffuse mesothelioma died on or after 25th July 2012 but before these Regulations came into force, before the end of the day that is 3 years after the day on which these Regulations came into force.

(3) The scheme administrator may extend the time limits in paragraph (1) or (2) by a further period where the scheme administrator considers that there was good reason for the failure to make the application before the end of the periods mentioned in those paragraphs and for any delay since then in making the application.