Regulation 10 Defective applicationsI1
United Kingdom
If an appropriate office receives a defective application, the Board or the relevant authority may refer it back to the person making it or supply him with the approved form for completion.
Where—
in accordance with paragraph (1), a defective application has been referred back, or an approved form supplied, to a person; and
a claim is received by an appropriate office—
within the period of one month beginning with the date on which the defective application was referred back or the approved form was supplied; or
within such longer period as the Board may consider reasonable,
the claim shall be treated as having been made on the date on which the appropriate office received the defective application.
“Defective application” means an intended claim which—
is made on an approved form which has not been completed in accordance with the instructions on it; or
is in writing but is not made on the approved form.