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99.—(1) Where there is a disagreement about a matter in relation to the Scheme between a member or an alternative applicant and a Scheme employer, the member or, as the case may be, the alternative applicant (“the complainant”) may–
(a)apply directly to the appropriate appointed person to decide the disagreement; or
(b)apply to the appropriate administering authority for them to refer the disagreement to an appointed person for decision.
(2) These persons are alternative applicants–
(a)a widow, widower or surviving dependant of a deceased member or any other person to whom benefits in respect of him may be paid;
(b)a prospective member;
(c)a person who ceased to be a member or to fall within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) during the period of six months ending with the date of the application; and
(d)in the case of a disagreement relating to the question whether a person claiming to be a member or to fall within sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) does so, the claimant.
(3) The application for a decision must set out particulars of the disagreement, including a statement as to its nature with sufficient details to show why the applicant is aggrieved.
(4) An application by–
(a)a member or prospective member;
(b)a person who ceased to be such a person during the period of six months ending with the date of the application; or
(c)a person claiming to be a person within paragraph (a) or (b),
must set out his full name, address, date of birth, his national insurance number (if any) and the name of his employing authority.
(5) An application by any other person must set out–
(a)his full name, address and date of birth;
(b)his relationship to the member; and
(c)the member’s full name, address, date of birth and national insurance number and the name of his employing authority.
(6) The application must be signed by or on behalf of the applicant.
(7) The application must be accompanied by a copy of any written notification issued under regulation 97.
(8) The application must be made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the relevant date or such further period as the appropriate appointed person considers reasonable (but see regulation 104(6)).
(9) Where the disagreement relates to a decision under regulation 96, the relevant date is the date on which notification of it is given under regulation 97.
(10) Otherwise, the relevant date is the date of the act or omission which is the cause of the disagreement or, if there is more than one, the last of them.
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