# Social Security Act 1975, Section 88: Notification of accidents, etc.


Regulations may provide—
(a) for requiring the prescribed notice of an accident in respect of which industrial injuries benefit may be payable to be given within the prescribed time by the employed earner or, where within that time he dies as a result of the accident, by such other person as may be prescribed, to the earner's employer or other prescribed person;
(b) for requiring employers—
(i) to make reports, to such person and in such form and within such time as may be prescribed, of accidents in respect of which industrial injuries benefit may be payable,
(ii) to furnish to the prescribed person any information required for the determination of claims, or of questions arising in connection with claims or awards,
(iii) to take such other steps as may be prescribed to facilitate the giving notice of accidents, the making of claims and the determination of claims and of questions so arising.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/14/section/88 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1975/section-88
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