{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-compensation-regulations-1974/regulation-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-compensation-regulations-1974/regulation-33.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1974/1748",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Compensation) Regulations 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-compensation-regulations-1974",
  "path": "regulation/33",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Notification of decision on claim",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall consider every claim for compensation under these regulations and every request for a review of an award of long-term or retirement compensation in accordance with the relevant provisions of these regulations and shall notify the claimant in writing of his decision—\n(a) in the case of a claim for resettlement compensation, not later than one month after the receipt of the claim;\n(b) in the case of a claim for, or request for the review of an award of, compensation under Part IV or V of these regulations, not later than one month after the receipt of the claim or request; and\n(c) in any other case, as soon as possible after the decision;\nbut the decision of the Secretary of State shall not be invalidated by reason of the fact that notice of the decision is given after the expiry of the period mentioned in this paragraph.\n(2) Every notification of a decision by the Secretary of State (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 41, if he is aggrieved by the decision, to institute proceedings before a tribunal and giving him the address to which any 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/1974/1748/regulation/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:23:08.890011+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."
}