# Social Security Act 1973, Paragraph 17

Extent: E+W+S

(1) No rule must operate so as to deprive a person of short service benefit (whether a member himself, or a member’s widow or widower or dependant) by reference to—
(a) failure by him or any other person to make a claim for the benefit or for any payment due as benefit; or
(b) failure by him or any other person, at any time after termination of pensionable service, to give any notice, or comply with any formality, required by the scheme as a condition of entitlement.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(a) above is not to prevent reliance on any enactment relating to the limitation of action; and in cases of failure to claim, the scheme may provide for the right to receive any payment to be forfeited in the event of its not being claimed within 6 years of the date on which it became due.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/38/schedule/16/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1973/schedule-16/paragraph-17
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