Regulation 8 Time limits for applications

(1)

An application may not be made—

(a)

before the relevant date;

(b)

more than 7 days after the relevant date, except with the leave of the adjudication officer.

(2)

Leave to make an application after the time specified in paragraph (1)(b) above shall only be granted where—

(a)

the applicant did not know of any grounds for the application, and could not reasonably have discovered them, until after that time; or

(b)

in the case of an application by an employer, the fact of—

(i)

service or deemed service on the reservist of a notice calling out or recalling him for service, or

(ii)

acceptance into service under section 59(5) or 71(5) respectively of the 1996 Act, or

(iii)

postponement under section 45(6), 53(3), (7) or (11), 55(3), (7) or (11), 57(3) or (7), 61 or 69(3) or (6) of the 1996 Act of the reservist’s entitlement to be released or discharged,

did not come to the employer’s attention until after that time,

and the application was made promptly after the applicant had become aware of those grounds or that fact.