Regulation 39 Procedure on death of claimant

In the event of the death of a claimant or of a person who, if he had survived, could have been a claimant, the claim for compensation under these regulations may be continued or made (as the case may be) by his personal representatives.

Where any such claim is continued or made as aforesaid by personal representatives, the personal representatives shall, as respects any steps to be taken or thing to be done in order to continue or make the claim, be deemed for the purposes of these regulations to be the claimant, but, save as aforesaid, the person in right of whom the claim is continued or made shall be deemed for all the purposes of these regulations to be the claimant and the relevant provisions of these regulations shall be construed accordingly:

Provided that the compensating authority may in any such case extend the period within which a claim is required to be made by regulation 7 or 13 of these regulations.