Section 98 Claims and questions to be submitted to insurance officer

(1)

There shall be submitted forthwith to an insurance officer for determination in accordance with sections 99 to 104 below—

(a)

any claim for benefit;

(b)

subject to subsection (2) below, any question arising in connection with a claim for, or award of, benefit; and

(c)

any question whether a person would by reason of the provisions of, or of any regulations under, section 20(1) or (2) of this Act have been disqualified for receiving unemployment benefit, sickness benefit or invalidity benefit if he had otherwise had a right thereto.

(2)

Subsection (1) above does not apply—

(a)

to a question for determination by the Secretary of State under section 93 or 95 of this Act, or by the Attendance Allowance Board under section 105(3); or

(b)

to the disablement questions (section 108) in relation to industrial injuries benefit.

(3)

Different aspects of the same claim or question may be submitted to different insurance officers under the foregoing provisions of this section; and for that purpose those provisions and the other provisions of this Part of this Act with respect to the determination of claims and questions shall apply with any necessary modifications.