Local Government (Compensation) Regulations 1948 No. 1458

PART III Officers on War Service on the Material Date

10.  No person shall, by virtue of the last preceding regulation, be entitled to have his case considered for compensation for any loss suffered by him by reason of his not being re-employed as therein mentioned unless within a period of two months after the date on which he ceased to be engaged in war service he gives notice in writing that he is available for employment to the authority or body by whom he was employed before becoming engaged in war service or, if that authority or body ceases to exist by virtue of the Act, to the compensating authority in relation to officers of the first mentioned authority or body:

Provided that if the person is prevented from giving notice within the said period by his sickness or other reasonable cause, the notice may be given as soon as reasonably may be after the expiration of that period.