Regulation 25 Prescribed periodI1

Subject to paragraph (2), the prescribed period for the purposes of section 30(1), (2) and (4) of the Administration Act shall be three months beginning with the date on which notice in writing of the decision of an adjudication officer under section 21 of that Act was given to the claimant.

Where a claimant submits an application for review under section 30(1) of the Administration Act by post which would have arrived in a local office in the ordinary course of the post within the period prescribed by paragraph (1) but is delayed by postal disruption caused by industrial action whether within the postal service or elsewhere, that period shall expire on the day the application is received in the local office if that day does not fall within the period prescribed by paragraph (1).