PART IVCLAIMS

Withdrawal of Claims36

1

Where a claim F2under article 34 has been made F1or where article 35 applies and—

a

the Secretary of State makes a request in writing for further information which is reasonably required for the determination of that claim, and that information is not provided within three months of the date on which the request is given or sent to the person making the claim; or

b

the person in respect of whom the claim is made has been requested to attend for a medical examination at a time and place specified in a notice given or sent to him not less than ten days before the date of the examination and he fails without providing, within three months of the date on which he was requested to attend, a satisfactory explanation for that failure

the claim shall be treated as having been withdrawn.

2

Where a person who has made a claim F2under article 34, and that claim has not been determined, gives written notice to the Secretary of State or, where the claim was made by delivering the claim to an authorised agent, gives written notice to either the Secretary of State or that authorised agent, that he wishes to withdraw the claim, the claim shall thereafter be treated for all purposes of this Order as having been withdrawn.

3

The treating of a claim as having been withdrawn under this article shall not prejudice the making of a further claim for the F3award to which the earlier claim related.