Regulation 4 Prescribed circumstances
The prescribed circumstances are as follows:
(a)
where the main cause of non-compliance with the time limit was—
(i)
the death or serious illness of the claimant or a spouse or dependant of the claimant;
(ii)
the disruption of normal postal services;
(iii)
failure on the part of the Secretary of State to notify the claimant of the decision; or
(iv)
exceptional circumstances applying to the claimant which rendered it impracticable for the claimant to bring the appeal or to instruct another person to bring it;
and
(b)
the appeal was in any event brought as soon as was reasonably practicable in the circumstances of the case.