# The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999, Regulation 9A: Correction of accidental errors

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Accidental errors in a decision of the Secretary of State or an officer of the Board under a relevant enactment within the meaning of section 28(3), or in any record of such a decision, may be corrected by the Secretary of State or an officer of the Board, as the case may be, at any time.
(2) A correction made to, or to the record of, a decision shall be deemed to be part of the decision, or of that record, and the Secretary of State or an officer of the Board shall give a written notice of the correction as soon as practicable to the claimant.
(3) In calculating the time within which an application can be made under regulation 3(1)(b) for a decision to be revised ... there shall be disregarded any day falling before the day on which notice was given of a correction of the decision or to the record thereof under paragraph (2).

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/991/regulation/9A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-decisions-and-appeals-regulations-1999/regulation-9A
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.