The Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

Reference by an employee of questions relating to statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay for determination by an adjudication officer

20.—(1) A question in relation to statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay to which sections 18(3), 19(4), 20(1) and (2) and 21(2) of the Administration Act apply may be submitted to an adjudication officer by the employee concerned in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) and not otherwise.

(2) A reference of any such question by an employee shall be made by way of an application in writing in a form approved for the purpose by the Department or in such other manner, being in writing, as it may accept as sufficient in the circumstances.

(3) Such an application made by an employee shall—

(a) be delivered or sent to an office of the Department within six months of the earliest day in respect of which liability for statutory sick pay or statutory maternity pay is in dispute; and

(b) 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.