Regulation 107 Payment of benefits on application to Secretary of State

Benefits under these Regulations are payable by the Secretary of State.

Despite any provision of these Regulations according to which a benefit becomes payable at a certain time, no benefit is to be paid unless paragraphs (3) to (5) have been complied with.

A written application for payment must be made to the Secretary of State.

The applicant must provide the Secretary of State with such relevant information in the applicant's possession or which the applicant can reasonably be expected to obtain as the Secretary of State may specify in writing.

An application for ill-health retirement benefits, or for a short-service serious ill-health grant, must be accompanied by all the medical evidence necessary for the Secretary of State to determine that the applicant is entitled to the benefit or benefits including, where applicable, evidence that the person's ability to carry out work is impaired by more than 90% and is likely permanently to be so.

Where a person ceases to be in further employment (“the earlier further employment”) and subsequently re-enters further employment (“the subsequent further employment”) without making an application under this regulation for retirement benefits in respect of the earlier further employment, no application may be made under this regulation for retirement benefits solely in respect of the earlier further employment during the subsequent further employment.