87. After regulation 18A (claims for benefits), add—
(1) Other than a claim in respect of a benefit referred to in regulation 4(5) or (5A), a claim for benefit under Part II or Part III of these Regulations is to be made to the Secretary of State in such form as the Secretary of State is willing to accept.
(2) A claim in respect of a benefit referred to in regulation 4(5) or (5A) is to be made to the person’s employing authority in such form and in such a manner as that authority may accept.
(3) A claim must be accompanied by all the medical evidence necessary to determine whether conditions of entitlement for the benefit are satisfied.
(4) In the case of a claim for a benefit which is to be made to the Secretary of State, if the Secretary of State notifies that person in writing that the Secretary of State so requires, that person is to provide any specified relevant information including medical evidence that is in that person’s possession or which that person can reasonably be expected to obtain.
(5) In the case of a claim for a benefit which is to be made to a person’s employing authority, if that authority notifies that person in writing that it so requires, that person is to provide any specified relevant information including medical evidence that is in that person’s possession or which that person can reasonably be expected to obtain.
(6) In the case of a claim which is to be made to the Secretary of State, the date of the claim is to be the date on which the form the Secretary of State is willing to accept is received by the Secretary of State.
(7) In the case of a claim which is to be made to the person’s employing authority, the date of the claim is to be the date on which that authority receives that claim in the form and manner it accepts.”.