# The Child Support Appeal Tribunals (Procedure) Regulations 1992, Regulation 3: Making an appeal or application and time limits

Extent: E+W+S
Status: prospective

(1) An appeal to a tribunal under section 20(1) of the Act or an application to a tribunal to set aside its decision under regulation 15 shall be by notice in writing signed by the person making it or by his representative where it appears to a chairman that he was unable to sign personally, or by a barrister, advocate or solicitor on his behalf.
(2) The notice shall be made or given by sending or delivering it to the clerk to the tribunal at the Central Office.
(3) An appeal under section 20(1) of the Act shall be brought within the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which notification of the decision in question was given or sent to the appellant.
(4) An application under regulation 15 shall be made within the period of 3 months beginning with the date when a copy of the record of the decision was given or sent to the applicant.
(5) In paragraphs (6) and (7) “the specified time” means the time specified in paragraph (3) or, as the case may be, paragraph (4).
(6) When an appeal or application is made after the specified time has expired, that time may for special reasons be extended by the chairman to the date of the making of the appeal or application.
(7) Any appeal or application made after the specified time has expired which does not include an application for an extension of time shall be deemed to include such an application, and if it appears to a chairman that an application for an extension of time does not state reasons for the appeal or application being made after the specified time the chairman may before determining it give the person making the application for an extension of time a reasonable opportunity to provide reasons.
(8) An application for an extension of time which has been refused may not be renewed, but any chairman may set aside a refusal if it appears to him just to do so on any of the grounds set out in regulation 15(1).
(9) In the case of an appeal the notice shall contain sufficient particulars of the decision under appeal to enable that decision to be identified.
(10) Any notice of appeal or application other than an application for an extension of time shall state the grounds on which it is made.
(11) If it appears to a chairman that the notice of appeal does not enable the decision under appeal to be identified or that the notice of appeal or application does not state the grounds on which it is made the chairman may direct the person making it to provide such particulars as the chairman may reasonably require.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2641/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-appeal-tribunals-procedure-regulations-1992/regulation-3
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