Regulation 14 Date from which long-term compensation is to be payable

Long-term compensation shall be payable with effect from the date on which the claim is received unless made payable from an earlier date under the succeeding provisions of this regulation.

Where a claim for long-term compensation is made within 13 weeks of the occurrence of the loss or the commencement of the diminution which is the subject of the claim, or of the coming into operation of these regulations whichever is the later, the compensation shall be payable with effect from the date on which the loss occurred or the diminution commenced.

Where a claim for long-term compensation is made after the expiry of the period mentioned in paragraph (2), the compensation may, at the discretion of the Corporation, be made payable with effect from a date not earlier than 13 weeks prior to the date on which the claim was received:

Provided that if the Corporation are satisfied that the failure to make the claim within the period mentioned in paragraph (2) was due to ill-health or other circumstances beyond the claimant's control, the compensation may be made payable with effect from a date not earlier than that on which the loss occurred or the diminution commenced.