Regulation 3 Applications in connection with statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay
An application for the determination of any issue referred to in regulation 2 above shall be made only in writing, in a form approved for the purpose by the Board, or in such other manner, being in writing, as an officer of the Board may accept as sufficient in the circumstances.
Where such an application is made by an employee, it shall—
be delivered or sent to an office of the Board within 6 months of the earliest day in respect of which entitlement to statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay is in issue;
state the period in respect of which entitlement to statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay is in issue; and
state the grounds (if any) on which the applicant’s employer has denied liability for statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay in respect of the period specified in the application.