Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

1 Section 1 above shall have effect in relation to a claim made or treated as made on or after 2nd September 1985 and before 19th November 1986 as if the following subsections were substituted for subsections (1) to (3)—

“(1) Except in such cases as may be prescribed, no person shall be entitled to any benefit unless, in addition to any other conditions relating to that benefit being satisfied—

(a) he makes a claim for it—

(i) in the prescribed manner; and

(ii) subject to subsection (2) below, within the prescribed time; or

(b) by virtue of a provision of Chapter VI of Part II of the 1975 Act or of regulations made under such a provision, he would have been treated as making a claim for it.

(2) Regulations shall provide for extending, subject to any prescribed conditions, the time within which a claim may be made in cases where it is not made within the prescribed time but good cause is shown for the delay.

(3) Notwithstanding any regulations made under this section, no person shall be entitled to any benefit (except disablement benefit or industrial death benefit) in respect of any period more than 12 months before the date on which the claim is made.”.