The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999

F1 Further particulars required relating to certificate of recoverable benefits [F2 or, as the case may be, recoverable lump sum payments ] appeals ... E+W+S

29.—F3(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4(3) [F5Where it appears to the Secretary of State that a notice of appeal in respect of an appeal under the 1997 Act relating to a certificate of recoverable benefits or, as the case may be, recoverable lump sum payments does not contain the particulars required, the Secretary of State may direct the appellant to provide such particulars.]]

(4) [F5 Where paragraph (3) applies, the time specified for making the appeal F6 ... may be extended by such period, not exceeding 14 days from the date of the Secretary of State’s direction under paragraph (3), as the Secretary of State may determine.]

(5) [F5 Where further particulars F7 ... are required under paragraph (3) they shall be sent to or delivered to the Compensation Recovery Unit of the [F8 Department for Work and Pensions ] at [F9 Durham House, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE38 7SF] within such period as the Secretary of State may direct.]

[F10(6) The Secretary of State may treat any—

(a)purported appeal (where, as the result of regulation 9ZB(2) (consideration of review before appeal), there is no right of appeal);

(b)appeal relating to the certificate of recoverable benefits; or

(c)appeal relating to the certificate of recoverable lump sum payments,

as an application for review under section 10 of the 1997 Act.]

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