{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pensions-appeal-tribunals-late-appeals-regulations-2001/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2001/011028741X",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Late Appeals) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pensions-appeal-tribunals-late-appeals-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prescribed circumstances",
  "text": "The prescribed circumstances are as follows:\n(a) where the main cause of non-compliance with the time limit was—\n(i) the death or serious illness of the claimant or a spouse or dependant of the claimant;\n(ii) the disruption of normal postal services;\n(iii) failure on the part of the Secretary of State to notify the claimant of the decision; or\n(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;\nand\n(b) the appeal was in any event brought as soon as was reasonably practicable in the circumstances of the case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2001/011028741X/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:27:06.107426+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}