{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbour-reorganisation-compensation-to-employees-regulations-1967/regulation-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbour-reorganisation-compensation-to-employees-regulations-1967/regulation-40.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1967/1889",
  "legislation_title": "The Harbour Reorganisation (Compensation to Employees) Regulations 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbour-reorganisation-compensation-to-employees-regulations-1967",
  "path": "regulation/40",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Procedure on making claims",
  "text": "(1) Every claim for compensation under these regulations and every request for a review of an award of long-term or retirement compensation shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.\n(2) Every such claim and request shall be made to the compensating authority in writing, shall set out the grounds on which the claim or request is made and shall state whether any other claim for compensation has been made by the claimant under these regulations.\n(3) Resettlement compensation shall be claimed separately from any other form of compensation claimable under these regulations.\n(4) The compensating authority shall consider any such claim or request in accordance with the relevant provisions of these regulations and shall notify the claimant in writing of their decision—\n(a) in the case of a claim for resettlement compensation, not later than one month after the receipt of the claim, and\n(b) in the case of a claim for, or request for the review of an award of, compensation under Part IV or Part V of these regulations, not later than 13 weeks after the receipt of the claim or request, and\n(c) in any other case, as soon as possible after the decision.\n(5) Every notification of a decision by the compensating authority (whether granting or refusing compensation or reviewing an award, or otherwise affecting any compensation under these regulations) shall contain a statement—\n(a) giving reasons for the decision;\n(b) showing how any compensation has been calculated and, in particular, if the amount is less than the maximum which could have been awarded under these regulations, showing the factors taken into account in awarding that amount; and\n(c) directing the attention of the claimant to his right, under regulation 47(1) of these regulations, if he is aggrieved by the decision, to institute proceedings before the tribunal, and giving him the address to which an application instituting such proceedings should be sent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1967/1889/regulation/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:28:33.796665+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."
}