The Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

Review on ground of unforeseen aggravation

52.  Section 45(S) of the Administration Act shall have effect as if—

(a)after “this section” there were inserted “and of subsection (8A)”; and

(b)the following subsection were inserted after subsection (8)—

(8A) Where—

(a)a final assessment of the extent of disablement resulting from a loss of faculty has been made for a period limited by reference to a definite date; and

(b)an application for review on the ground that there has been unforeseen aggravation of the results of the relevant disease is made within a period of three months immediately following that date,

the adjudicating medical authority shall determine the extent of disablement resulting from the relevant loss of faculty both for the period mentioned in paragraph (a) and any time after that period..