Prescribed period
25.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the prescribed period for the purposes of section 28(1), (2) and (4) of the Administration Act shall be three months beginning with the date on which notice in writing of the decision of an adjudication officer under section 19 of that Act was given to the claimant.
(2) Where a claimant submits an application for review under section 28(1) of the Administration Act by post which would have arrived in an office of the Department in the ordinary course of the post within the period prescribed by paragraph (1) but is delayed by postal disruption caused by industrial action whether within the postal service or elsewhere, that period shall expire on the day the application is received in the office of the Department where that day does not fall within the period prescribed by paragraph (1).