# The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 41: Procedure for reviews

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) This regulation applies to an application for a review under Article 13 of the Order.
(2) An application for a review to which this regulation applies shall—
(a) be made in writing;
(b) set out the grounds for the application, and
(c) be made to an appropriate office within the period of 3 months beginning with and including the date on which the determination or direction was notified to the claimant.
(3) Where a claimant submits an application for a review by post which would have arrived in the appropriate office in the ordinary course of the post within the period prescribed by paragraph (2)(c) but is delayed by postal disruption caused by industrial action whether within the postal service or elsewhere, that period shall expire on the day the application is received at the appropriate office if that day does not fall within the period prescribed by paragraph (2)(c).
(4) The adjudication officer shall proceed to deal with any question arising on a review to which this regulation applies in accordance with Articles 11 and 12 of the Order and regulations 31 to 39.
(5) The claimant shall be notified of any determination of, or direction given by, an adjudication officer on a review to which this regulation applies and shall be notified of his right to appeal to a social security appeal tribunal against any such determination or direction under Article 13(3) of the Order.
(6) Accidental errors in, or in the record of, any determination of, or direction given by, an adjudication officer on a review to which this regulation applies may be corrected by the adjudication officer who made the determination, or gave the direction, or by another adjudication officer.
(7) A correction made to, or to the record of, a determination or direction shall be deemed to be part of the determination or direction or of that record and the claimant and the employment officer shall be notified of it in writing as soon as practicable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/regulation/41 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-41
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