Regulation 13 Application for decision of the Secretary of State on principal questionsI1

A person desiring to obtain the decision of the Secretary of State on any of the questions mentioned in section 17(1) of the Administration Act (including those to which that section applies by virtue of section 170(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993^f1) shall deliver or send to the Secretary of State an application for the purpose in writing in a form approved by him.

The Secretary of State shall take steps to bring any such application to the notice of any person appearing to him to be interested in the application and to obtain from such person such particulars within such time and in such form as he considers reasonably necessary for the proper determination of the question.

An application for a decision of the Secretary of State shall not be made otherwise than by a person interested or, in the case of an application relating to statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay, by an inspector appointed under section 110 of the Administration Act.

Nothing in paragraph (1) or (3) shall affect any right or obligation under the Acts or Regulations made under the Acts to refer any question to the Secretary of State.