The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014

Review at the request of an applicant

21.—(1) An applicant may request a review of a determination—

(a) notified to the applicant in accordance with regulation 18(1); or

(b) notified in accordance with regulation 20(4).

(2) No review may be sought on grounds that relate to any matter referred to in regulation 18(3)(c).

(3) A request for a review of a determination must—

(a) be in writing;

(b) specify the grounds on which a review is sought; and

(c) be received by the scheme administrator not later than one month after the date of the written notice of the determination.

(4) The scheme administrator may extend the time limit in paragraph (3)(c) by a further period where the scheme administrator considers that there was good reason for the failure to request the review before the end of that initial period and for any delay since then in requesting a review under this regulation.

(5) In a case where a person makes an application and then dies, the reference in this regulation or in any of regulations 22 to 25 to an applicant is to be read as if it were a reference to the applicant’s personal representatives.