8.—(1) An application for compensation shall be made in such manner as the Secretary of State may direct and shall be so made within four months (or such longer period not exceeding twelve months as the Secretary of State, or on an appeal under Article 15(1) the county court, may in any particular case allow) from the date of service upon the Secretary of State of a preliminary notice under Article 7(1).
(2) The Secretary of State may require to be submitted to him, within such period as he may specify, such further information in relation to the application as he thinks fit and where the applicant fails to submit that information within that period the Secretary of State may determine the application forthwith and Article 15(1) shall apply to such a determination.
(3) Where, by virtue of any assignment or act or event in law, the right of any person to apply for or receive any compensation has passed to any other person, that other person, or, if he is under any legal disability, the person appearing to the Secretary of State to be entitled to act on his behalf, may be treated as an applicant for the purposes of any provision of this Order.