Regulation 6 Time for compliance with Part V of the 1986 Act and Regulations
Where—
a woman is outside the United Kingdom;
Part V of the 1986 Act or Regulations made under that Act or under Part III of the Social Security Act 1975 M1 require any act to be done forthwith or on the happening of a certain event or within a specified time; and
because the woman is outside the United Kingdom she or her employer cannot comply with the requirement;
the woman or the employer, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have complied with it if the act is performed as soon as reasonably practicable.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
1975 c. 14; sections 100 and 101, as amended by paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 5 to the Social Security Act 1986 and extended to statutory maternity pay by section 52(3), (6) and (7), provide for the time for making appeals and applications to be prescribed by Regulations.